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Elizabeth Rodini’s thoughtful account traces the circuitous journey made by the portrait of Mehmed the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini that now belongs to the National Gallery in London (above right).

There has been no road map in the life of Josephine Powell. As restless as the nomadic tribes she followed, she has simply let things happen. But along the way, she has become a photographer and an ...

Cornucopia works in partnership with the digital publishing platform Exact Editions to offer individual and institutional subscribers unlimited access to a searchable archive of fascinating back ...

The arena may have shifted from war to commerce, but the rivalry between East and West remained just as intense at the end of the sixteenth century as it had in the years of Ottoman territorial ...

When the heat was on, diplomats headed north to Istanbul’s airy summer embassies. We dress up with Rıfat Özbek; explore the inspiration of Ottoman bookbinding; learn about ebru, the art of marbling ...

Discover how an ambassador’s writings on harem life inspired the odalisques of Ingres, and how the Orient inspired Frederick Leighton’s interior design in a Victorian artist’s homage to Ottoman style.

Her life is the stuff of fairy tales. Omar Khalidi tells the story of the princess who captivated Cecil Beaton The Caliph, Amir al-Muminin, Successor to the Prophet Muhammad, Commander of the Faithful ...

How to Explore Istanbul, in search of the best-kept secrets – from Beyoğlu to the Bosphorus, from the Golden Horn to the Princes’ Islands. Tamara Talbot Rice and Rosie Baldwin: profiles of two ...

A 160-page portrait celebrating the city in all its glory – the palaces and pavilions, mosques and markets, shops and shrines, waterways and watering holes. Istanbul: another view, with essays on the ...

The dashing Abdülmecid Efendi was the last member of the Ottoman dynasty to hold court on the Bosphorus. This enlightened, sophisticated man with a passion for painting, son of a Sultan and cousin of ...