Art Studio course gallery
Assignment: Inspired by the Pera Museum, Istanbul + Orientalism
The starting point for this assignment was our termly research trip – a virtual stroll through the Pera Museum in Istanbul and the city itself, plus ideas around Orientalism and Orientalist art.
Harriet – A Somerset dream of the Orient
Somerset clay, sheep’s wool, moss, thistle gall, snail shells, Indian silk, found images of Istanbul and Arabic script
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Harriet – An Oriental dream of Somerset
Oriental carpet, Turkish spice grinder, found image of Glastonbury Tor, Guardian newspaper, Somerset clay and crocheted wool
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Vali – Man Wearing A Turban (After Rembrandt)
Charcoal on paper
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Jane – Coffee time (after 18C French school painting)
Charcoal, watercolour and wax crayon
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Jane – Thomas Hope waiting for his jab (after portrait by Henry Bone)
Pencil
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Jane – Autumn in Freiburg (influenced by Paul Klee at Pera Museum)
Watercolour, ink and wax crayon
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Moira – Baby Mum with her Ayah in Sumatra? Borneo? Malaysia?
Watercolour
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Moira – Vaccination of Singhalese ladies in Ceylon 1920s (after my Grandmother’s, Armanella Trail, sketches painted at that time)
Watercolour and ink
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Moira – Pool at the Alcazar of Seville (after Sorolla)
Watercolour |
Chris – Islamic doorway
Pastel with coloured paper
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Chris – Turkish village
Pastel and digital background
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Christie Archer – Pyramids at sunrise
Coloured paper
Christie Archer – Istanbul at moonlight
Coloured paper |
Christie Archer – Istanbul 2
Watercolour and ink
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Maurice – The Blue Mosque (resited) Istanbul
Ink, watercolour and graphite
Maurice – Spices in the Grand Bazaar
Acrylic and felt tip with digital background
Maurice – The Basilica Cisterns, Istanbul
Charcoal and pastel
Sylvie Fenton -3 encadrements de compositions textiles
Pieces sewn into an empty space of varied textile material inserted into a wooden frame painted with acrylic
Sylvie Fenton – detail de compositions textiles
Pieces sewn into an empty space of varied textile material inserted into a wooden frame painted with acrylic
Diana Boydell – After August Macke’s ‘Eastern Woman (Odalisque)’
Oil pastel on paper
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Hilary – Outside the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul.+ one of Osman Handi Bay’s tortoises..about to have a Turkish coffee.
Acrylic and collage
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Dieter – Istanbul 1
Graphite, charcoal and watercolour on paper
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Dieter – Istanbul 2
Graphite and charcoal on paper
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Jo Melhuish – Excursion on the Golden Horn at sunset (after Tristram James Ellis 1880-1890)
Acrylic on paper
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