Бекташко-хуруфитски сцени и буквен антропоморфизъм в турската художествена традиция
Bektashi-Hurufi Scenes and Letter-Like Anthropomorphism in the Turkish Artistic Tradition

Summary/Abstract: The text is dedicated to Bektashi-Hurufi scenes and letter-like compositions that visualize notions of personal and group cults. The scenes depict very particular metamorphic transformations, born of esoteric notions of the separation of the material from the spiritual or the body from the soul. The letter-like compositions are consisted of Arabic letters and represent highly specific calligraphic artifacts in which individual graphemes and/or lexemes are transformed into anthropomorphic figures. The scenes and letter-like compositions under examination were created on the basis of Sufism and its related Hurufi and Bektashi-Kizilbashi doctrines, which testifies to their great influence on the work of most Ottoman artists and calligraphers.

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