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16.12.2007 - Spanish Media
Spain Talks About the Sabanci Calligraphy Collection Exhibition...
- LINES IN GOLD: THE OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION FROM THE SAKIP SABANCİ MUSEUM IN THE SPANISH PRESS
- EL PAIS: “THE GOLDEN LETTERS FORMING THE SACRED TEXTS PENNED WITH THE ELEGANT HANDWRITING INVENTED BY THE OTTOMANS, THE TRUE ORNAMENTS CONSTITUTING THE SABANCİ COLLECTION WITH THEIR HISTORY OF MORE THAN FIVE CENTURIES”
- EXPASION: “THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TURKISH CALLIGRAPHY COLLECTION NOW IN SPAIN”
- ABC: “LA ACADEMIA TO EXHIBIT THE TREASURES OF THE OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY”
The Exhibition titled “Lines in Gold: The Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sabanci University Sakip Sabanci Museum (SSM)” attracts considerable attention from the Spanish media. The Collection had already received coverage from the Spanish press before the opening of the Exhibition co-sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and the Sabanci Holding. Inaugurated on 10 December 2007, the Exhibition will remain open at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF), Madrid, until the beginning of March 2008.
The magazine Semanal, supplement of El Pais, one of the highest-circulated and most-influential newspapers in Spain, reserved for the Collection three pages of its issue published on the day preceding the Opening. Authored by Julia Luzán, and containing in-depth information about the history and the philosophy of Calligraphy, the article started as follows: “Lines with infinite curves, magnificent vocals. Golden letters constituting the sacred texts penned with the elegant handwriting invented by the Ottomans: The true ornaments constituting the Sabanci Collection with their history of more than five centuries.”
The article also contained the following statements: “One of the Major Turkish Businesspeople, Mr. Sakip Sabanci, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sabanci Holding, had managed to compile a collection consisting of influential samples of the Ottoman calligraphy, which are currently being exhibited in the Museum bearing his name, which is a splendid waterside mansion at Bosporus, in Emirgan-Istanbul, and which was the former summer residence of the Family. Samples from that collection were exhibited previously at the museums Metropolitan, New York; Louvre, Paris; and Guggenheim, Berlin. With the words of Ms. Güler Sabanci, Chairperson, “a special selection” from that Collection will now be available for viewing in Madrid, and then in Sevilla.”
In the article it is stated that the Collection also contains Sultans’ signatures forming the imperial monograms used to furnish the firmans and documents.
-SACRED WORDS OF THE OTTOMANS...
Following the press conference organised on occasion of the Exhibition, and largely attended by the Spanish press, news of the event have appeared in various newspapers.
Expasion announced the news under the headline: “The Worldwide Major Turkish Calligraphy Collection is Now in Spain; the Sacred Words of the Ottoman Empire.”
The preamble of the article penned by Ana Martinez reads: “The Exhibition ‘Lines in Gold: The Ottoman Art of Calligraphy from the SSM (Sakip Sabanci Museum)’ was offered to the appreciation of art lovers in the largest and major museums worldwide, before being opened in Spain: 96 works in total, enabling the visitors to penetrate deep into the Turkish culture. At the Exhibition the one thousand and one nights of the Ottoman world will be experienced, and the wonders of calligraphy will be seen at site.”
In the article where the history of Calligraphy is discussed as well, it is reported as follows: “The Exhibition ‘Lines in Gold: The Ottoman Art of Calligraphy from the SSM’ will be hosted in Spain, and samples of Qur’an manuscripts, prayer books, calligraphic boards, empire firmans, and handwriting tools and materials will be offered to the appreciation of art lovers until 2 March 2008 thanks to the courtesy of the Sabanci Museum, and the initiative of the Ministry of Culture.”
The article also contains the following details: “At the Sabanci Museum, which was established by Mr. Sakip Sabanci, one of the most prominent businesspeople of Turkey, there are more than 400 works of extraordinary value revealing that one-thousand-year-old art. The complete Collection presented to the art lovers is contained at the Sabanci Museum established in a splendid family mansion on the bank of the Bosporus in Istanbul.”
Being completed with an interview with Ms. Güler Sabanci, Chairman of the Holding’s Board of Directors, the article contains the following statements about Ms. Sabanci: “Her presence is readily perceived. Her words are forcible, and gestures charming. She is though an example of a tough lady. In year 2008, she will complete her 30 years in business life. The major business empire in Turkey, a family holding company of which annual revenue exceeded 12 thousand million dollars in 2006, is in her hands. Its international partners include the Companies such as Toyota, Citigroup, Bridgestone, Hilton International, Philip Morris and Carrefour. According to Ms. Güler Sabanci, her initial periods in business were hardly a breeze. “My difficulty was not that I was a woman, but my being young, aggressiveness, ambition, and eagerness to assume responsibilities. However, I could manage to form a team thanks to the support of my father and my uncles. My success was my lack of discrimination: young-old, woman-man.”
-GLOBALISATION AFFECTED THE PHILANTHROPY AS WELL...
In the article where mention is also made of the focus of Ms. Güler Sabanci in social responsibility, the following statements of hers are emphasized: “Globalisation affects everything: The concept of philanthropy, as well. We have created a value of more than 1 thousand million dollars during the 34-year life of the Sabanci Foundation, and we adapted ourselves to the modern times and aimed at becoming more effective by way of using the new business criteria. Just like in business, in life, too, we must set a strategy prior to proceeding with anything, if we do not know the direction of the wind. This applies for philanthropy as well.”
The ABC daily published in Spain announced the event with the headline “La Academia to Exhibit Treasures of the Ottoman Calligraphy.” The newspaper also stated the following: “The San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts hosts samples of the Ottoman calligraphy with a selection of 96 works from the Collection being exhibited at the Sakip Sabanci Museum of the Sabanci University in Istanbul. Opened in year 2002, the Sakip Sabanci Museum maintains the private collections of Mr. Sakip Sabanci, one of the prominent businesspeople of Turkey, and founder of the University bearing his name. The Ottoman Calligraphy Collection offers examples of the art which was widespread for 500 years, such as the copies of manuscripts of “hilye from the Sacred Qur’an” (Descriptions of the Prophet), “levha” (calligraphic boards), “kit’a” (individual verses), and “muraqqaa” (albums), or official documents, such as “firman” “imperial decrees), “berat” (deeds of privilege), and “meniur” (deeds of rank and office).”
La Razón, on the other hand, defined the art of calligraphy as follows: “The Turks developed an elegant and geometric handwriting as an excellent method of maintaining the sacred texts for many centuries.”
-PURPOSE OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO BRIDGE THE CIVILISATIONS...
The daily has described the purposes of the exhibition as follows: “Turkey and Spain have established the joint cultural bridges that will play a role of goodwill at the forthcoming Alliance of Civilizations, started by common initiative of the Spanish Head of the Government, and the Turkish Prime Minister, and will be presented as a cover letter in Madrid in next January. Within the framework of the summit, a wide programme is also scheduled under the title “Turkish Views,” containing a select and elegant exhibition consisting of valuable samples from the traditional Ottoman calligraphy works, which will last until 14 of next January, the date of the political forum. The exhibition called “Lines in Gold” will be offered to the art lovers at the Fine Arts Academy of San Fernando University, with 96 works belonging to the last 500 years, most of which were realised with ink and gold.”
Describing the contents of the Collection as well, the article reads: “This rich collection had been compiled and established by the wealthy Turkish businessperson Mr. Sakip Sabanci. Four years after his death, the Museum bearing his name was opened at his family’s waterside mansion. Before the formation of a museum collection, some of these works had been displayed at the Metropolitan of New York, Guggenheim of Berlin, and Louvre of Paris.”
In addition to the printed press, the Exhibition has also received coverage in the electronic media. Many websites including Logopress.es, Publico.es, Europapress.es, Madridiario.es, AOL Noticias, and Yahoo Noticias, etc., have published news items about the Exhibition.
- EL PAIS: “THE GOLDEN LETTERS FORMING THE SACRED TEXTS PENNED WITH THE ELEGANT HANDWRITING INVENTED BY THE OTTOMANS, THE TRUE ORNAMENTS CONSTITUTING THE SABANCİ COLLECTION WITH THEIR HISTORY OF MORE THAN FIVE CENTURIES”
- EXPASION: “THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TURKISH CALLIGRAPHY COLLECTION NOW IN SPAIN”
- ABC: “LA ACADEMIA TO EXHIBIT THE TREASURES OF THE OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHY”
The Exhibition titled “Lines in Gold: The Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sabanci University Sakip Sabanci Museum (SSM)” attracts considerable attention from the Spanish media. The Collection had already received coverage from the Spanish press before the opening of the Exhibition co-sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and the Sabanci Holding. Inaugurated on 10 December 2007, the Exhibition will remain open at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF), Madrid, until the beginning of March 2008.
The magazine Semanal, supplement of El Pais, one of the highest-circulated and most-influential newspapers in Spain, reserved for the Collection three pages of its issue published on the day preceding the Opening. Authored by Julia Luzán, and containing in-depth information about the history and the philosophy of Calligraphy, the article started as follows: “Lines with infinite curves, magnificent vocals. Golden letters constituting the sacred texts penned with the elegant handwriting invented by the Ottomans: The true ornaments constituting the Sabanci Collection with their history of more than five centuries.”
The article also contained the following statements: “One of the Major Turkish Businesspeople, Mr. Sakip Sabanci, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sabanci Holding, had managed to compile a collection consisting of influential samples of the Ottoman calligraphy, which are currently being exhibited in the Museum bearing his name, which is a splendid waterside mansion at Bosporus, in Emirgan-Istanbul, and which was the former summer residence of the Family. Samples from that collection were exhibited previously at the museums Metropolitan, New York; Louvre, Paris; and Guggenheim, Berlin. With the words of Ms. Güler Sabanci, Chairperson, “a special selection” from that Collection will now be available for viewing in Madrid, and then in Sevilla.”
In the article it is stated that the Collection also contains Sultans’ signatures forming the imperial monograms used to furnish the firmans and documents.
-SACRED WORDS OF THE OTTOMANS...
Following the press conference organised on occasion of the Exhibition, and largely attended by the Spanish press, news of the event have appeared in various newspapers.
Expasion announced the news under the headline: “The Worldwide Major Turkish Calligraphy Collection is Now in Spain; the Sacred Words of the Ottoman Empire.”
The preamble of the article penned by Ana Martinez reads: “The Exhibition ‘Lines in Gold: The Ottoman Art of Calligraphy from the SSM (Sakip Sabanci Museum)’ was offered to the appreciation of art lovers in the largest and major museums worldwide, before being opened in Spain: 96 works in total, enabling the visitors to penetrate deep into the Turkish culture. At the Exhibition the one thousand and one nights of the Ottoman world will be experienced, and the wonders of calligraphy will be seen at site.”
In the article where the history of Calligraphy is discussed as well, it is reported as follows: “The Exhibition ‘Lines in Gold: The Ottoman Art of Calligraphy from the SSM’ will be hosted in Spain, and samples of Qur’an manuscripts, prayer books, calligraphic boards, empire firmans, and handwriting tools and materials will be offered to the appreciation of art lovers until 2 March 2008 thanks to the courtesy of the Sabanci Museum, and the initiative of the Ministry of Culture.”
The article also contains the following details: “At the Sabanci Museum, which was established by Mr. Sakip Sabanci, one of the most prominent businesspeople of Turkey, there are more than 400 works of extraordinary value revealing that one-thousand-year-old art. The complete Collection presented to the art lovers is contained at the Sabanci Museum established in a splendid family mansion on the bank of the Bosporus in Istanbul.”
Being completed with an interview with Ms. Güler Sabanci, Chairman of the Holding’s Board of Directors, the article contains the following statements about Ms. Sabanci: “Her presence is readily perceived. Her words are forcible, and gestures charming. She is though an example of a tough lady. In year 2008, she will complete her 30 years in business life. The major business empire in Turkey, a family holding company of which annual revenue exceeded 12 thousand million dollars in 2006, is in her hands. Its international partners include the Companies such as Toyota, Citigroup, Bridgestone, Hilton International, Philip Morris and Carrefour. According to Ms. Güler Sabanci, her initial periods in business were hardly a breeze. “My difficulty was not that I was a woman, but my being young, aggressiveness, ambition, and eagerness to assume responsibilities. However, I could manage to form a team thanks to the support of my father and my uncles. My success was my lack of discrimination: young-old, woman-man.”
-GLOBALISATION AFFECTED THE PHILANTHROPY AS WELL...
In the article where mention is also made of the focus of Ms. Güler Sabanci in social responsibility, the following statements of hers are emphasized: “Globalisation affects everything: The concept of philanthropy, as well. We have created a value of more than 1 thousand million dollars during the 34-year life of the Sabanci Foundation, and we adapted ourselves to the modern times and aimed at becoming more effective by way of using the new business criteria. Just like in business, in life, too, we must set a strategy prior to proceeding with anything, if we do not know the direction of the wind. This applies for philanthropy as well.”
The ABC daily published in Spain announced the event with the headline “La Academia to Exhibit Treasures of the Ottoman Calligraphy.” The newspaper also stated the following: “The San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts hosts samples of the Ottoman calligraphy with a selection of 96 works from the Collection being exhibited at the Sakip Sabanci Museum of the Sabanci University in Istanbul. Opened in year 2002, the Sakip Sabanci Museum maintains the private collections of Mr. Sakip Sabanci, one of the prominent businesspeople of Turkey, and founder of the University bearing his name. The Ottoman Calligraphy Collection offers examples of the art which was widespread for 500 years, such as the copies of manuscripts of “hilye from the Sacred Qur’an” (Descriptions of the Prophet), “levha” (calligraphic boards), “kit’a” (individual verses), and “muraqqaa” (albums), or official documents, such as “firman” “imperial decrees), “berat” (deeds of privilege), and “meniur” (deeds of rank and office).”
La Razón, on the other hand, defined the art of calligraphy as follows: “The Turks developed an elegant and geometric handwriting as an excellent method of maintaining the sacred texts for many centuries.”
-PURPOSE OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO BRIDGE THE CIVILISATIONS...
The daily has described the purposes of the exhibition as follows: “Turkey and Spain have established the joint cultural bridges that will play a role of goodwill at the forthcoming Alliance of Civilizations, started by common initiative of the Spanish Head of the Government, and the Turkish Prime Minister, and will be presented as a cover letter in Madrid in next January. Within the framework of the summit, a wide programme is also scheduled under the title “Turkish Views,” containing a select and elegant exhibition consisting of valuable samples from the traditional Ottoman calligraphy works, which will last until 14 of next January, the date of the political forum. The exhibition called “Lines in Gold” will be offered to the art lovers at the Fine Arts Academy of San Fernando University, with 96 works belonging to the last 500 years, most of which were realised with ink and gold.”
Describing the contents of the Collection as well, the article reads: “This rich collection had been compiled and established by the wealthy Turkish businessperson Mr. Sakip Sabanci. Four years after his death, the Museum bearing his name was opened at his family’s waterside mansion. Before the formation of a museum collection, some of these works had been displayed at the Metropolitan of New York, Guggenheim of Berlin, and Louvre of Paris.”
In addition to the printed press, the Exhibition has also received coverage in the electronic media. Many websites including Logopress.es, Publico.es, Europapress.es, Madridiario.es, AOL Noticias, and Yahoo Noticias, etc., have published news items about the Exhibition.
