2018
DOI: 10.12681/benaki.18194
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Re-evaluating tamata\ the Mikes Paidousis Collection of votive offerings

Abstract: Πρόσφατο απόκτημα του Μουσείου Μπενάκη είναι η δωρεά της συλλογής ελληνορθόδοξων ταμάτων του Μικέ Παϊδούση από τη σύζυγο του Ιωάννα (Γιόνα) Παϊδοΰση στη μνήμη του. Συγκεκριμένα, η συλλογή αποτελείται από 1.174 αντικείμενα εκ των οποίων 450 παριστάνουν ανθρώπινες μορφές και 522 μέλη σώματος. Επίσης, περιλαμβάνει 55 ζώα και 108 παραστάσεις αντικειμένων που σχετίζονται με ανθρώπινες δραστηριότητες και αγαθά (σπίτια, αυτοκίνητα, εργαλεία, στέφανα γάμου κ.λπ.). Μόνο εννέα αντικείμενα δεν έχουν τη χαρακτηριστική μορ… Show more

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“…Our object-based research approach focuses on specific 18th-century objects, material that is largely understudied and whose value remains unexplored. 101 We expect that our research will contribute to increasing the visibility of women in the Ottoman Empire and will encourage the re-evaluation of historical events from the perspective of women.102 The guiding principle is the search for the underlying complexity, not for an idealized world of cultural synthesis.103…”
Section: Luxury Prosperity Identitymentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Our object-based research approach focuses on specific 18th-century objects, material that is largely understudied and whose value remains unexplored. 101 We expect that our research will contribute to increasing the visibility of women in the Ottoman Empire and will encourage the re-evaluation of historical events from the perspective of women.102 The guiding principle is the search for the underlying complexity, not for an idealized world of cultural synthesis.103…”
Section: Luxury Prosperity Identitymentioning
confidence: 98%
“…68 A reverse trend may be observed in the phenomenon of Turquerie, the pan-European interest in and emulation of Ottoman culture between 1650 and 1750 (Bevilacqua and Pfeifer,75). Luxurious furniture for leisure, informal and liberating but luxurious dress closely associated with Ottoman attire, and "oriental" decorative elements were manifestations of highly complex, mutual cultural exchanges between Europe and the Ottoman Empire (Bevilacqua and Pfeifer,(93)(94)(95)(96)(97)(98)(99)(100)(101)(102)(103)(104) a cultivated background and a privileged existence. Although there are various representations of and references to this instrument in accounts by western travellers, it is difficult to say to what extent such accounts have been influenced by the orientalist clichés that existed to satisfy the demands of the intended clientèle.71 Since no surviving instruments from that period have been identified, the best approximation to the tambouras under discussion would be the one owned and used during a later period by the Greek revolutionary fighter Yannis Makriyannis (1797-1864).…”
Section: Focusing On Objectsmentioning
confidence: 99%