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EXHIBITION REPORT
5 May 2015
Press Preview: Press Release & Press Conference with Selected Images
Press Coverage: List of Turkish Print Articles and Television Coverage &
Turkish Internet / Blog News with Selected Links
Attached Documents
DVD of TV Coverage
This exhibition takes its name from the famous aphorism by Hippocrates and examines the art and
practice of healing in Byzantium from Roman times to the late Byzantine period.
Curated by Dr. Brigitte Pitarakis, Life Is Short, Art Long examines faith, magic, and rational medicine as
methods of healing. It traces the art of healing from the foundations laid by Apollo and Asklepios,
healers of antiquity, and Hippocrates and Dioscorides, the founders of rational medicine and also
examines the roles of the physician saints. Among the other topics covered and objects on display are
icons, reliquaries, and amulets, marble carvings, medical equipment, plants and herbs, medical and
botanical manuscripts, and the centers of healing and miracle in Istanbul.
The exhibition reveals that the belief that illnesses were primarily caused by demons co-existed
alongside a rational understanding of health and medicine based on the teachings of Hippocrates. The
art of healing was practiced by physicians, saints, and magicians and involved practices ranging from
surgery to daily cleansing of the body and the spirit to exorcism and the veneration of saints.
The works offering insight into Istanbuls Byzantine past have been loaned from the Istanbul
Archaeological Museums, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople, the library of the Holy
Trinity Monastery of Halki (Heybeliada), the Foundation of the Yeniky Greek Orthodox Church of
Panayia and School, the Rezan Has Museum, the Bibliothque nationale de France, the Bodleian
Libraries of the University of Oxford, Oxford University Herbaria, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the
Kastoria Byzantine Museum, and private collections.
Attendance
Press Preview
6 May 2014, 10:00 am 12:00 pm
Exhibition Credits
Curator
Brigitte Pitarakis
Project Team
Tania Bahar
Glru Tanman
Begm Akkoyunlu Ersz
Ulya Soley
Coordinator
Zeynep gel
Exhibition Design
PATTU, Il nal, Cem Kozar
In collaboration with:
Contribution by:
Museum Information
The Pera Museum opened its doors in early June 2005, as the first step of a comprehensive cultural
endeavor of the Suna and nanKra Foundation in a distinguished venue in the city of Istanbul for the
purpose of providing a cultural service on a variety of levels. The Museum building and historical
structure which was originally constructed in 1893 by the architect AchilleManoussos in Tepeba
(stanbul's most prestigious district in those days) and which was, until rather recently, known as the
Bristol Hotel, was completely renovated to serve as a museum and cultural center for the project.
Transformed into a fully-equipped modern museum, this venerable building is now serving the people
of stanbul once again.
The first and second floors of the Pera Museum house three permanent collections belonging to the
Suna and nanKra Foundation, with the Sevgi and ErdoanGnl Gallery on the second floor. The
third, fourth, and fifth floors are devoted to temporary multipurpose exhibitions. There is an
auditorium on below ground level and on the ground floor are Perakende - Artshop and Pera Cafe.
A large part of the first of the two museum floors display examples from the Foundation's collection of
Anatolian Weights and Measures for the benefit of those in love with history and archaeology. Made
from many different materials using many different techniques, these objects show the development
of the devices used to weigh and measure in Anatolia since the earliest times. In another wing on the
same floor is the Foundation's collection of Ktahya Tiles and Ceramics, whose strikingly beautiful
pieces seek to shed new light on an area of creativity in our cultural history that is not very well known.
The Suna and nanKra Foundation's Orientalist Painting Collection is one of the most elaborate
collections in Turkey. This grand collection brings together important works by European artists
inspired by the Ottoman world, Turkeys regional geography as well as works of Ottoman artists and
how they influenced one another from the 17th century to the early 20th. The collection with more than
400 paintings includes the works by important artists such as Flix Ziem, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour,
AmadeoPreziosi, Antoine de Favray, FaustoZonaro, Jean-Baptiste Hilair, Carl Frederik von Breda,
GermainFabius Brest, Henry Bone, George EngelhardtSchrder and Bertha von Bayer. The collection
presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire, also includes works
by Osman HamdiBey and his most famous painting The Tortoise Trainer. As the Collection is focused
particularly on the Ottoman Orientalist art, it sustains an exceptional stance. Pera Museum organizes
long-term thematic exhibitions of this collection at Sevgi and ErdoanGnl Gallery.
In addition to the Museums educational activities for children and yearly symposiums on intriguing
and academic subjects, the Museum has initiating a Film and Video Program in the autumn of 2008.
The screenings take place in the Museum Auditorium which seats 160 people.
Pera Museum as a modern cultural center located in a vibrant part of the city, also aims to provide the
people of stanbul with a broad range of cultural services that include a variety of temporary
exhibitions as well as film, educational, conference and lecture programs. So far the Museum has been
visited over 800,000 visitors.
Museum information
Visiting Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 - 19.00
Sunday 12.00 - 18.00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
Long Fridays
Pera Museum is open and free of
admissions from 18:00 to 22:00 every
Friday.
Entrance
Adults: 20 TL
Groups: 15 TL (10 or more)
Concessions: 10 TL (students over the age
of 12, teachers, age 60 and over)
Free admissions: Every Wednesday for
students, disabled visitors and one
accompanying person, children of 12 or
under
Preparation
Exhibition Installation with Selected Images
Suna and nan Kra Foundation Pera Museum is proud to present the exhibition Life Is Short, Art
Long: The Art of Healing in Byzantium, which takes its name from the famous aphorism by
Hippocrates and examines the art and practice of healing in Byzantium from Graeco-Roman times to
the late Byzantine period.
Curated by Dr. Brigitte Pitarakis, the exhibition examines faith, magic, and rational medicine as
methods of healing. It traces the art of healing from the foundations laid by Apollo and Asklepios,
healers of antiquity, and Hippocrates and Dioscorides, the founders of rational medicine and also
examines the roles of the physician saints. Among the other topics covered and objects on display are
icons, reliquaries, and amulets, marble carvings, medical equipment, plants and herbs, medical and
botanical manuscripts, and the centers of healing and miracle in Istanbul.
Health has always been a central concern of humankind. Examining a civilization from the perspective
of its approach to the body, in sickness and in health, leads one into the depths of its identity. This
process can also open the door to our own self-knowledge. Life Is Short, Art Long: The Art of Healing
in Byzantium offers a glimpse of Byzantine civilization and society through the three traditional
methods of healing practiced side-by-side: faith, magic, and medicine. It illustrates the influence of
Byzantiums ancient cultural heritage on religious and rational thought as well as contemporary
scientific developments and innovations from around the Mediterranean. The Byzantines central role
in the transmission of the art of healing to future generations is also highlighted.
The exhibition reveals that the belief that illnesses were primarily caused by demons co-existed
alongside a rational understanding of health and medicine based on the teachings of Hippocrates. The
art of healing was practiced by physicians, saints, and magicians and involved practices ranging from
surgery to daily cleansing of the body, and the spirit to exorcism and the veneration of saints.
The works offering insight into Istanbuls Byzantine past have been loaned from the Istanbul
Archaeological Museums, Istanbul Greek Patriarch, the library of the Holy Trinity Monastery of Halki
(Heybeliada), the Foundation of the Yeniky Greek Orthodox Church of Panayia and School, the Rezan
Has Museum, the Bibliothque nationale de France, the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford,
Oxford University, Herbarium and the Benaki Museum in Athens, the Kastoria Byzantine Museum, and
private collections.
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:50-12:20
12:20-12:50
Session II
Chair: Philipp Niewhner
Healing Shrines and Hagiography
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:50-16:20
16:20-16:50
16:50-17:20
Small Miracles
21 February - 19 April 2015
Between February 21 and April 19, 2015, Pera Museum is organizing a variety of work-shops for age
groups 4-6 and 7-14 as part of its education program entitled Small Miracles, which accompanies
Life is Short, Art Long: The art of Healing in Byzantium an exhibition shedding light on a period from
the history of world medicine.
CLAY IN RELIEF
Children study the medallions, seals, and other in-relief objects from the Byzantine era in the
exhibition and create their own.
MAGIC AMULET
Inspired by various examples of amulets, children design amulets for peace, happiness, and good luck,
using materials such as fabrics, feathers, and stones.
WOODWORK WORKSHOP
Between March 15 and April 18, 2015, Pera Education is organizing an education program on
Woodwork Workshop for the 15+ age group in tandem with the Life is Short, Art Long: The art of
Healing in Byzantium exhibition.
Participants first visit the exhibition for inspiration, and then create their Woodwork Workshop
works using pieces of wood. Using the technique, which has been invented by the Turkish artist
Mehmet akir nl who also coined its name, the participants witness the transformation of pieces of
wood into works of art.
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VAKFI PERA MZES 10.
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VE NAN KIRA VAKFI
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SANATI VE PRAT BU
SERGYLE GZLER
NNE SERYOR
NTV
PERA MZES,
HAYAT KISA SANAT
UZUN. BZANSTA FA
SANATI ADLI SERG.
KRATR BRIGITTE
PITARAKIS
-SERG PERA
NTV
MZESNDE.
BZNSTA FA SANATI
PERA MZESNDE
SERGLEND.
BUGN TV
DR. BRGTTE PTARAKS
SUNA VE NAN KIRA
VAKFI PERA MZESNN
KURULUUNUN 10. YILI
NEDEN LE
DZENLENEN SANAT
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EV SAHPL YAPTI. SUNA VE NAN KIRA
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