Portrait of Silhouette

Pera Enabled

In this workshop, after an instructor-led exhibition tour of Samih Rifat: “Much Is to Be Done”, students are introduced to Samih Rifat's black-and-white portrait photography. They learn the concept of the profile, which refers to the side view of a person's face and reflects the person's distinctive features, and then use black background cardboard, colored paints and wood printing plates to paint the portrait of their silhouettes.

Related Exhibition: Samih Rifat: “Much Is to Be Done”
Instructor: Müge Isıgöllü Sedola
Duration: 40 minutes (Online), 90 minutes (Face-to-face)
Capacity: 10 people

The event is free, reservation is required.
The event can take place at the Pera Museum (face-to-face) or online.

For detailed information and reservation: ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr

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The Golden Horn

The Golden Horn

When regarding the paintings of Istanbul by western painters, Golden Horn has a distinctive place and value. This body of water that separates the Topkapı Palace and the Historical Peninsula, in which monumental edifices are located, from Galata, where westerners and foreign embassies dwell, is as though an interpenetrating boundary.

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

When Karl XII of Sweden was defeated by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1709, he fled to the Ottoman Empire and settled in Bender with his entourage for five years.

Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

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