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== The Family == |
== The Family == |
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The family was of [[Armenians in Turkey| |
The family was of [[Armenians in Turkey|Armenians]] <ref name="Armenian painters in the Ottoman empire: 1600-1923" /> who settled in Istanbul in the 16th century and is believed to be originally from [[Cappadocia]] near [[Kayseri]].<ref name="Family and People of Ottoman Turkey">{{cite web|title=Family and People|url=http://www.minidev.com/kulturler/kulturler_ermeni_mimar5.asp|publisher=minidev.com|accessdate=10 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Manas Ailesi">{{cite book|last=KÜÇÜKHASKÖYLÜ|first=Nurdan|title=Osmanlı Sarayında Ermeni Ressamlar: Manas Ailesi|url=http://www.edebiyatdergisi.hacettepe.edu.tr/2011281NurdanKucukhaskoylu.pdf|accessdate=10 December 2012}}</ref> The family eventually provided successive imperial potraitists in the following years. Family members such as Sebuh Manas (1816-1889), a brother of Rupen, and another Manas named Jozef (1835-1916) both served as imperial artists during the reigns of [[Mahmud II]] (1808-1839), [[Abdulmecid I]] (1839-1861), [[Abdulaziz]] (1861-1876) and [[Abdulhamit II]] (1876-1909).<ref name="Armenian painters in the Ottoman empire: 1600-1923"/> Since the brothers were assigned to the Ottoman Embassy in Paris, their portraits were distributed to other embassies throughout Europe.<ref name="Ottoman painting : reflections of western art from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic" /> |
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=== Rafael === |
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Rafael Manas is the first member of the family to be known. As a youth he studied in Italy and upon returning to the Ottoman Empire, he he was an artist for the royal court of [[Osman III]], [[Mustafa III]], [[Mahmud I]].<ref>Armenag Sarkisian, Pages d'Art Armenien, (Paris, 1940)</ref> Mouradja d'Ohsson writes that a Rafael Manas (1710-1780) served as the court's chief artist as late as the reign of [[Abdulhamid I]] (1774-1789).<ref>Mouradja d'Ohsson. Tableau general de I'Empire Othoman, iv, 1791</ref> Portraits by Rafael of men and women are found in the [[Topkapi Museum]] today.<ref>{{cite book|last=Renda|first=G.|title=Batılılaşma dönemi Türk resim sanatı 1700-1850.|publisher=Hacettepe Üniversitesi Publications|location=Ankara}}</ref> |
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=== Zenop === |
=== Zenop === |
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Zenop Manas worked as first secretary and interpreter at the Ottoman Embassy in Vienna in the 1840s.<ref name="Armenian painters in the Ottoman empire: 1600-1923" /> |
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=== Rupen === |
=== Rupen === |
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Revision as of 21:41, 10 December 2012
The Manas Family were an Ottoman-Armenian family that provided Imperial Portraitists to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire in the later half of the 19th century.[1][2] Some were also chief secretaries to the Ottoman Embassy in Paris.[3]
The Family
The family was of Armenians [2] who settled in Istanbul in the 16th century and is believed to be originally from Cappadocia near Kayseri.[4][5] The family eventually provided successive imperial potraitists in the following years. Family members such as Sebuh Manas (1816-1889), a brother of Rupen, and another Manas named Jozef (1835-1916) both served as imperial artists during the reigns of Mahmud II (1808-1839), Abdulmecid I (1839-1861), Abdulaziz (1861-1876) and Abdulhamit II (1876-1909).[2] Since the brothers were assigned to the Ottoman Embassy in Paris, their portraits were distributed to other embassies throughout Europe.[1]
Rafael
Rafael Manas is the first member of the family to be known. As a youth he studied in Italy and upon returning to the Ottoman Empire, he he was an artist for the royal court of Osman III, Mustafa III, Mahmud I.[6] Mouradja d'Ohsson writes that a Rafael Manas (1710-1780) served as the court's chief artist as late as the reign of Abdulhamid I (1774-1789).[7] Portraits by Rafael of men and women are found in the Topkapi Museum today.[8]
Zenop
Zenop Manas worked as first secretary and interpreter at the Ottoman Embassy in Vienna in the 1840s.[2]
Rupen
Rupen Manas was the eldest son Zenop Manas.[4] He was the chief interpreter of the Ottoman Embassy in Paris in 1847.[1] He received a Mecidiye medal in 1854.[2] Sultan Mahmut II sent Rupen Manas to Paris for training in art.[9] He had his own portrait done in oils and then had it displayed at the Sublime Porte.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Shaw, Wendy M. K. (2010). Ottoman painting : reflections of western art from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. London: I. B. Tauris. p. 38. ISBN 9781848852884.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b c d e f Kürkman, Garo (2004). Armenian painters in the Ottoman empire: 1600-1923. Istanbul: Matusalem publ. p. 587-589. ISBN 9789759201531.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Öztuncay, Bahattin (2003). The Photographers of Constantinople: Text & photographs. Aygaz. p. 37. ISBN 9789752960510.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "Family and People". minidev.com. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ KÜÇÜKHASKÖYLÜ, Nurdan. Osmanlı Sarayında Ermeni Ressamlar: Manas Ailesi (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Armenag Sarkisian, Pages d'Art Armenien, (Paris, 1940)
- ^ Mouradja d'Ohsson. Tableau general de I'Empire Othoman, iv, 1791
- ^ Renda, G. Batılılaşma dönemi Türk resim sanatı 1700-1850. Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Publications.
- ^ Germaner, Semra (1989). Orientalism and Turkey. Beşiktaş, İstanbul: Turkish Cultural Service Foundation. p. 81. ISBN 9789757522010.
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