@article{2019,title={REPRESENTATION OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS CLERGY IN OSMAN HAMDİ BEY’S PAINTINGS},abstractNode={Osman Hamdi Bey (1842 – 1910) was a notable Ottoman painter and an ardent supporter of post – Tanzimat era Ottoman modernisation. Although he was not known as a devout Muslim, his presentation of Islam in his paintings was not necessarily critical or judgemental. On the contrary, he saw Islam, adaptable to the modern world’s rapid progress. Islamic clergy in his paintings are depicted lively and excited, the exact opposite of submissive, lethargic and aged Muslim stereotypes of 19th century European Orientalist paintings. Here, a different form of Orientalism, a search for a modernised Islamic thought could easily be observed. In this paper, I shall try to examine Osman Hamdi Bey’s representation of Islamic clergy, believers and Muslim women. Does Osman Hamdi Bey’s self-perception about being a modern, European intellectual create a conflict between himself and his subject? While depicting Islamic scholars as intellectual and enlightened, how ideological was his approach?},author={Ali KAYAALP},year={2019},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}