Friends of Art History Lecture Series: “Poetry and Architecture in the Ottoman World”

• In-person event
• 412, St. Patrick’s Building (Carleton University Art Gallery), Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

Friday, February 28^th, 2:30 p.m., 412 St. Patrick’s Building
Gül Kale, Assistant Professor, Art History, SSAC, Carleton University
“Poetry and Architecture in the Ottoman World”

Architecture and poetry were two powerful forms of expression in the early modern Ottoman world. This talk will examine poems written for buildings in Istanbul and explore the poetics of image. It will discuss how people responded to and acknowledged architecture as a means for a higher form of emotional and spiritual knowledge.