The sultan's gaze: power and ceremony in the imperial portraiture campaign of Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839)
This dissertation examines the portraits of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839) as part of a campaign launched by the ruler and his propagandists to support sweeping reform efforts in military and civil spheres. The paintings and prints at the center of this study – to which I refer collecti...
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/43366 |