Abstract:

At the point of belief, each of the concepts such as God and Heaven are generally one of the primary sacred concepts that people who believe in monotheistic religions encounter. The reflections of these two concepts on art since they are abstract concepts must be through symbols. The use of symbolic signs in Turkish art is directly related to the stamping tradition. The stamp has been used in almost all kinds of materials as symbols reflecting the Turkish states and peoples’ identities. The joint use of the stamps of God and Heaven which we have encountered in Turkish art has been carried extensively through architectural tradition from Central Asia and Iran to Anatolia. In our work we see that this sacred tradition whose traces we follow with examples is applied with fine craftsmanship on many materials such as stone, plaster, brick, adobe, and tile. The use of these stamps produced as works of art is closely related to the similarity between the concepts of Heaven and God in the human mind. In this study, the use of God and Heaven stamps which express holiness from Turkish stamps was examined and questioned in terms of meaning.

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