Tag Archives: Sultan Ahmed I

who’s the fairest sultan of all

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Dave

The Grand Seraglio. As opposed to Seraglio Minor. Yes that Grand Seraglio with the violence, the death and the sex fueled only the passion thatsix thousand concubines can command and the wayward restlessness of the Janissary guards. Frontier justice and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ahmed I and Mustafa, Grand Seraglio, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lord Baltimore, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michel Baudier, Mustafa the cage, Ottaviano Bon, Radu the Handsome, Sultan Ahmed I, sultan murad IV, Sultan Osman | Leave a comment

sultans of swing: grim tunes

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Dave

The beheaded and the beholden. The Grand Seraglio. Within its walls the Turkish Sultans sought the answer to a perplexing and ancient question: Can absolute power bring absolute bliss? It brought a lot of absolutes to be sure, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Barnette Miller, Charles Martel, Grand Seraglio, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Lady Mary Whortley, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michel Baudier, Ottaviano Bon, Ottoman Janissaries, Sultan Ahmed I, Sultan Selim the Grim | Leave a comment

palace intrigue: little castle on the prairie

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Dave

The court artists who were called upon to depict so august and all-powerful a personage as a sultan were faced with a challenging task. The represented the sultan larger than those around him, their rich robes expansively filling out the … Continue reading →