FROM MINIATURE TO ILLUSTRATION A HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY VIEW TARİHSEL

Elanur KIZILŞAFAK ¹

Miniature is a type of illustration that dates back to ancient times existing both in the East and the West. Miniature is a traditional Turkish book illustration art. Miniature art was applied in book decorations and served as a means for documenting contemporary and historical events and became widespread thus reached to a peak during the Ottoman Empire. As a result of the development of modern drawing techniques and the widespread application of this technology in illustration art, miniature art began to regress and in time modern illustration art took its place. Contemporary Turkish graphics and illustration art gave start during the initial years of the Republic which paved the way to the emergence of important artists; thereby a unique style of its own kind was created. In our day, although artists and graphic designers do make use of these traditional art forms there are also those who apply digital illustration technologies in their work in an efficient manner.

Keywords
Book Art, Miniature, Illustration, Art, Papyrus,