The Place Of Mythologıcal Elements In Turkısh Paıntıng Art Before 18th Century

While social and cultural environment are keeping in many experiences inside them, they prepare the formations which will be source the recognition of the past and generates new values for the understanding of the periods. Mythology, besides the information that has been given in relation to the experiences of communities, has a feature that also contribute to the expansion of the repertoire of human thought. At the same time are literary examples that reverberate a nation’s past, history and experiences throughout the next generations. Therefore, the reckoning of people with the mythological approach never disappears no matter how tremendous advances in scientific and technological fields are lived, however; however, small changes in the characters and shaping of characters are emerging. As a result of the domination achieved on wide geographical area, also Turkish mythology history lived the same changes in a historical process in a very rich way, also its experiences were reflected in its art. As it is both a requirement of Turkish culture nomadic life and as a reflection of the cultural traces of civilizations that dominated over Anatolia; so many fairy creatures like “Hüma, Zümrüd-ü Anka, Hüdhüd, Kaknus, Şahmaran, Ejderha, Tepegöz, Gulyabani, Dabbetül’l-Arz, İblis, Zebani, Dev, Cin, Peri, Melek, Huri, Umay ana, Hum babab, Vak-Vak Ağacı, Tuba Ağacı, Burak, Grifon, Denzikızı, Sfenks, Eciş Bücüş” were used as image in different periods of Turkish art. In this study, miniature manuscripts which were written in the 18 th century and has mythological elements, belonging to the Turkish art are emphasized.

Keywords

Mythology, Turkish Mythology, Painting, Miniature and Mythology