Drawings from a series of trips taken over the summer of 2010, collectively known as Learning to Look.
7 - Istanbul
Flying
over ‘Mitteleuropa' and the Danube
(again) to an eastern edge of Europe and this City of ancient and less ancient
sites. Fought over for most of its history but still very much here, many of
its older parts remain 'undiscovered' beneath the modern city. Hagia Sophia, the most
mysterious and wonderful of the mosques, not least because it was a church for
1000 years before becoming a mosque and, as it seems, the blueprint for mosque
design since.
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Haghia Sophia 23.9.10 - Fountain pen 10 minutes |
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Sketch of an apse Haghia Sophia 23.9.10 - Fountain pen 10 minutes |
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Archeological Museum 24.9.10 - Fountain pen |
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Archeological Museum 24.9.10 - Wartercolour |
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Sokulu Mehmed Pasa 23.9.10 - Fountain pen and wash |
Sokulu Mehmed Pasa 16th century jewel by the master Sinan, lined with fabulous tiles and entered
from a serene courtyard.
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Haghia Sophia - 25.9.10 Watercolour |
A series of 2-3 minute pencil drawings all done from the Bosphorous Boat as we slid by
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Bospherous Views 25.9.10 - Pencil |
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Yeni Mos 25.9.10 - Fountain pen |
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