"Turkish scholar traces progress of art under Ottomans
Visvas Paul D. Karra
Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:00:23 AM Oman Time
MUSCAT — Imperial art and illustrated history of the Ottoman rulers were highlighted yesterday during a lecture by a renowned Turkish art scholar.
The great importance attached to art and culture by the Ottoman rulers was revealed during a lecture on ‘Painting in the Ottoman Empire’, delivered by Prof Dr Günsel Renda from Koc University in Istanbul at the lecture hall of the Tender Board."
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