A Bulgarıan Example in Creatıng Natıonal Art after the Balkan War: Hüseyin Arif’s Wrıtıngs

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Pages: 538-544
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/ZCZF8941

Abstract:

From the end of the 19th century till the beginning of the 20th century, all social events and wars led to increased feelings of nationalism within the Ottoman society. Painters and authors in their writings about Turkish art made comparisons with European art and stressed the necessity and importance of adding national spirit to the pictorial art. Among the works of these authors, eight articles by Hüseyin Arif, which were published in Şehbal Magazine, have attracted our attention. According to Hüseyin Arif and other intellectuals, besides the sadness brought by the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by Bulgaria in the Balkan War, it should be evaluated as an event to be learned from. The importance of Bulgarian nationalist spirit and its effects on the national art were common examples for these intellectuals.

Keywords:

nationalist art, nationalism, Hüseyin Arif, Bulgaria

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