The Effect of Artistic Style of “Saz” on Ottaman Arts of 10th/16th Century

Artistic style of “Saz” is one of the elements of Iranian art that the artists of Tabriz School used in Ottoman decorative arts and made some changes in art of Ottoman period. Therefore, the images of angels, dragons, and intertwined sharp leaves (Saz) that originates from the artistic elements of the Tabriz School appeared in Ottoman paintings. Combined with the naturalistic style, the Saz style appeared not only in miniature but also in different kinds of arts such as book designing, illuminating manuscripts, bookbinding, cloth-weaving and decorative tile-working. The Saz style has been extensively used in decorating the tiles of the interior parts of mosques and tombs of Ottoman sultans. This study introduced in detail and described the characteristics of the artistic works that have been decorated using the Saz style in the Ottoman Empire in the 10th AH/16th AD century. Moreover, enumerating the elements of artistic paintings of Saz in monographs that are attributed to the Ottoman Empire, and in the cloth-weaving and tile works of mosques and tombs of Ottoman sultans, the study tried to show to what extent the artistic style of Saz has been used as the main element of Ottoman decorative arts.