The Reflection of Florentine (Firenze) School of Painting on Muralpaintings of Ottoman Architecture in Balkans in The 19th Century

Wall paintings have an important place in the transition to painting with the western effect in the Ottoman period. From the second half of the 18th century, these paintings were scattered throughout the Ottoman Empire in the capital city, İstanbul, Anatolia and the Balkans, and simultaneously to all provinces and centers of the Ottoman Empire. The following structures can be evaluated as the examples of the wall paintings in Balkans influenced by the Florentine Paintings: Tiran Ethem Bey Mosque in Albania, Berat Bekarlar (Suleyman Pasha) Mosque, Kalkandelen Alaca Mosque in Macedonia. In Balkan countries, especially in Western Macedonia Tetovo, Alaca Mosque, Harabati Baba Tekke, Skopje Isa Bey Mosque, Sultan Murat Mosque in the last congregation place and home architecture examples, especially in the 19th century, the paintings of the Florence School and it is possible to see in terms of style. At the end of the 18th century in Florence, especially the fresco-secco technique introduced a new understanding of not only the interiors, but also the outer wall surfaces, the paintings in a rectangular frame, the cartridges surrounded by baroque style. Since the beginning of the 19th century, it is known that the artists who grew up in Florence painting workshops worked in religious and civil architectural decoration in the Balkans. These artist groups applied their art not only in Balkan countries but also in different regions of central Istanbul and Anatolia. In this way, the artists in the understanding of the Florence School contributed to the expansion, development of Western style murals in the Ottoman geography and the development of local artists in this style.