An Evaluation on the Gravestones of the Gesı Cemetery in Kayseri

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This study analyzes the 47 graves and gravestones of the at Cemetery of Gesi which belong to the Ottoman period, this analysis is made from the viewpoint of art history. This gravestones tries to identify the place of these elements in the Turkish gravestones by producing photographic documentation and by discussing the gravestone typologies and their ornamental features. The gravestones dates to the XVIII th, XIX th, and XX th. centuries. With the aesthetic appearance of Ottoman gravestones provides important information that occupations, titles, and about beliefs. Gravestones of this cemetery to be seen simply examples that perpetuates the tradition of making gravestone.

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Cemetery , gravestone , tomb , inscription , calligraphy , art.

Journal Of Turkish Research Institute

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Journal Of Turkish Research Institute