Tip: move over the painting to use the lens.
The Tortoise Trainer
Osman Hamdi Bey · 1906
- Artist
- Osman Hamdi Bey
- Date
- 1906
- Where to see it
- Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation
Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation · Public domain · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
Slow Look
- The whole picture Let your eyes wander. Where do they want to rest?
- The light Find the brightest spot. What is it showing you?
- The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
- One small detail Choose one tiny thing and stay with it for a while.
- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
About Osman Hamdi Bey
Osman Hamdi Bey was an Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering painter. He was the Ottoman Empire's first archaeologist and first museologist and he is regarded as the founding father of museology, archaeology, fine arts education and museum curator's professions in Turkey.
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