TEZHIP

TEZHIP ( illumination)

The Turkish word for illumination (tezhip) originally comes from an Arabic term meaning working with gold. As a very widespread art discipline among Ottoman decorative arts, illumination has displayed a variety of styles over centuries, particularly in manuscripts,murakka and levha."muzehhib" is the term used for performers of this art. Deriving from Middle Asia,this decorative art has become the mystical expression of concrete and abstract form,making a whole with calligraphy and blending the beauty of nature with the philosopy of Islam.