Examination Of The Features Of Ottoman Society In The Clothes Album Of Ralamb In 17th Century

Miniatures and manuscripts, which represent the traditional art forma in Turkish art, are evaluated as a document stating the historical distance. Each of these types of visual artifacts, which serve as a historical document, hold an important place in illuminating the past problems. In particular, Ottoman daily life, palace life, communication-siege, portraits and historical events describing visual artifacts figures in clothes of the period, material, shape, color, use and ornament features a descriptive documents is considered. Names of pieces of clothes and their usage sometimes look mixed in the Ottoman Empire published on textile and apparel products in many sources, written and visual. Three or four times in a row, the clothes worn pieces on top worn outside, inside the shirt, the inner gown, gown, rolls, mint as names get, but always the same number of layers of clothing as there are pieces of clothing of the names can be mixed. This situation causes the confusion in clothing terminology. Especially coming from Europe who are interested in Ottoman culture and orders made on people who want to know, which is dated to the 17th century in European museums and libraries (France, England, Italy, Australia, Poland, Sweden, Greece) of more than 20 outfits are known to album. Ottoman costumes to be included even in the smallest detail are remarkable in the daily lives of Europeans interesting by the Turks and the Ottoman palace depicted in these Works. Starting point of this work is that observing the figures in the album of Ralamb in Kugliga Library in Stockholm. In this work; garments silhouette, neckline and arm forms have been identified by researching 119 women and men clothing figures in the book named “The Sultan’s Procession: The Swedish Embassy to Sultan Mehmed IV in 1657-1658 and the Ralamb Paintings”, the article named “The Ralamb Album of Turkish Costumes” (p.196-265) by Tadeusz Majda. Period of the 17th century, depicting examples of Ottoman apparel clothing made out of this album, as a result of analysis, style of clothing belonging to different social classes with the determination of the design features were intended to contribute to Turkish culture.

Keywords

Turkish, Ottoman, Kıyafetname, Clothes Album, Clothing, the Album of Ralamb