ARTS: Artuklu Journal of Arts and Humanities

Abstract

In the 14th-15th centuries carpets with animal motifs woven in Anatolia attract the attention of many researchers. In this period, carpets created with different motifs and pattern compositions were woven in Anatolia. Pattern compositions in the middle of the carpet; It was created with certain geometric shapes such as square, rhombus, octagon, triangle. Animal motifs with mythological values in stylized symbolic form were used within the sections. Anatolian carpets with animal motifs, known to be exported in four directions, have been seen in Western art and primarily in the paintings of Italian painters since the beginning of the 14th century. These carpets are especially portraited in the paintings of Siena and Florentine painters. Among at the end of 14th century – the beginning of 15th the Anatolian carpets, there are carpets with important, famous and characteristic features. The most famous is the dragon and phoenix motif carpet purchased by Wilhelm von Bode to the Berlin Museum of Islamic Art. This carpet is the best-preserved example among the animal motif carpets of the Anatolian Principalities Period. The Ming carpet was promoted as the world's oldest carpet until 1905 when Martin discovered 13th century Seljuk carpets at the Alaeddin Mosque in Konya. Kurt Erdmann claimed that the dates of the carpets would be determined by using the carpet depictions in the paintings of Western painters, and Wilhelm von Bode found the date of the Ming carpet she bought from Italy with this method. This carpet was first named as Bode carpet and later as Ming carpet. In this research, the Ming carpet will be examined with new information and explained typologically and iconographically.