OSMANLI SARAY NAKKAŞHÂNESİ’NDE ŞAHKULU EKOLÜ ve SAZ YOLU ÜSLÛBU
THE SHAHKULU SCHOOL and SAZ YOLU STYLE IN THE OTTOMAN PALACE CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Summary/Abstract: The reed-path style, which continues with leaf motifs, is also used extensively. Known as the Şahkulu style, the reed-path motifs exhibit a widespread, contemporary, and harmonious appearance, while the brushstrokes add an aesthetic dimension to the work. The research focuses on Şahkulu, recorded as the director of the industrial style in book arts and architecture, and his contributions to traditional arts during his lifetime. In this style, closed forms created with integrated layers and the continuous, successive motifs constitute the indispensable style of the design. The emphasis on the importance of tonality and outlines in the production of motifs along the reed path, among the techniques used, provides a separate unity. In the understanding of Veli Can, who continuously produces work, the similarities in the masterful works and designs of the two artists are noteworthy. While the preservation of the prominent features of the work in the ink and brushstrokes is evident, the details used within the motif are preserved as a powerful design element. Beyond the arts of books, this style was also widely adopted in architecture and other arts. The greatest factor in introducing art and a style to society was the support and contributions of the Ottoman administration.

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