What is Timurid Art

Migration, as a result of wars, economic crises, natural disasters, and epidemics, has been the leading factor for cultural encounters in the historical process. Artists, who migrated sometimes as prisoners of war and sometimes to find more suitable markets, caused the introduction of new formations by transferring their styles during migration. In this study, the authors discussed the Baba Nakkaş style in Ottoman tile art and aimed to establish a link between Timurid Style and Baba Nakkaş Style. It examined how Baba Nakkaş interpreted his knowledge, which he brought with him from the Khorasan region to Istanbul via migration, under the Ottoman identity. The reflections of this new and now “Ottoman” style on other fields such as the art of bookbinding, illumination, calligraphy, and wall painting are also examined. The other part of the study demonstrates how this style from the 15-16th century is approached by today's artists. The study deals with both the Iran-Anatolia encounter and the 15-16th century Baba Nakkaş Style and the 21st-century repetition of the style.