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Episode 471   with Sato Moughalian  hosted by Sam Dolbee  David Ohannessian is one of the foremost pioneers of the ceramic styles associated today with the city of Jerusalem, but the remarkable story of how he ended up there has never been properly told. Born in 1884 outside of Eskişehir (modern-day Turkey), David Ohannessian became a master in the iconic Kütahya style of Ottoman ceramics. He worked on important architectural projects of the Ottoman government, only to be deported during the Armenian Genocide. He managed to survive, however, and continued his craft afterward in Jerusalem, where he became involved with restoration of the Dome of the Rock and opened his own ceramics studio in the Old City. Yet the past stayed with him, especially the weight of his experience during the genocide. In this episode, Sato Moughalian discusses Feast of Ashes, her recent biography of Ohannessian. She also talks about his story's personal resonance for her as Ohannessian's granddaughter. His artistic persistence provided a model of resilience to emulate in her own art, but the violence and displacement experienced by Ohannessian and his family also left a legacy of secrets and complicated grief in Moughalian's life that was long felt but seldom addressed.  « Click for More »

Episode 471 <a href="http://www.satomoughalian.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> with Sato Moughalian </a> <a href="https://harvard.academia.edu/SamDolbee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hosted by Sam Dolbee</a> David Ohannessian is one of the foremost pioneers of the ceramic styles associated today with the city of Jerusalem, but the remarkable story of how he ended up there has never been properly told. Born in 1884 outside of Eskişehir (modern-day Turkey), David Ohannessian became a master in the iconic Kütahya style of Ottoman ceramics. He worked on important architectural projects of the Ottoman government, only to be deported during the Armenian Genocide. He managed to survive, however, and continued his craft afterward in Jerusalem, where he became involved with restoration of the Dome of the Rock and opened his own ceramics studio in the Old City. Yet the past stayed with him, especially the weight of his experience during the genocide. In this episode, Sato Moughalian discusses <a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=28630" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feast of Ashes</a>, her recent biography of Ohannessian. She also talks about his story's personal resonance for her as Ohannessian's granddaughter. His artistic persistence provided a model of resilience to emulate in her own art, but the violence and displacement experienced by Ohannessian and his family also left a legacy of secrets and complicated grief in Moughalian's life that was long felt but seldom addressed.  <a href="http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2020/08/ohannessian.html#more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">« Click for More »</a>

David Ohannessian: Art, Exile, and the Legacies of Genocide

with Sato Moughalianhosted by Chris Gratien and Seçil YılmazDownload the podcastFeed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloudThe styles of Iznik and Kütahya porcelain, which have become synonymous with excellence in Ottoman-Turkish ceramics, adorned and renovated buildings in a radius extending beyond the Anatolian heartland and including Damascus, Mecca, and Cairo. They bear a striking resemblance to the colorful and ornate tiles on many buildings in the city of Jerusalem today, including the Dome of the Rock. This is due to the fact that the iconic ceramics industry of Jerusalem was founded after the First World War by Armenian ceramists who had gotten their start in the resurgent tile industry of late Ottoman Kütahya. As we learn from our guest in this episode, Sato Moughalian, the transfer of this celebrated ceramics tradition from Kütahya to Jerusalem was largely through the figure of David Ohannessian (1884-1953), a master ceramist who came up in the local ceramic arts of the western Anatolian region and received commissions from the likes of Ottoman governors, revivalist architects, and European notables, including Sir Mark Sykes. He survived the travails of deportation to the Syrian desert during WWI only to recreate his art and business in Mandate Palestine. In the podcast, we trace the material history of Ottoman Armenians through the life and journeys of Ohannessian and reflect on the history of Armenian music through some pieces recorded by Moughalian and her colleagues. « Click for More »

<center><a href="https://independent.academia.edu/SatoMoughalian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">with Sato Moughalian</a> hosted by <a href="http://georgetown.academia.edu/ChrisGratien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Gratien</a> and <a href="https://gc-cuny.academia.edu/secilyilmaz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seçil Yılmaz</a></center><center> </center><center></center><center>Download the podcast</center><center><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/OHP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feed</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ottoman-history-podcast/id513808150" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> | <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Idu7nhligwgytnv77wvecdx3slq?t=Ottoman_History_Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GooglePlay</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ottoman-history-podcast/moughalian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></center> The styles of Iznik and Kütahya porcelain, which have become synonymous with excellence in Ottoman-Turkish ceramics, adorned and renovated buildings in a radius extending beyond the Anatolian heartland and including Damascus, Mecca, and Cairo. They bear a striking resemblance to the colorful and ornate tiles on many buildings in the city of Jerusalem today, including the Dome of the Rock. This is due to the fact that the iconic ceramics industry of Jerusalem was founded after the First World War by Armenian ceramists who had gotten their start in the resurgent tile industry of late Ottoman Kütahya. As we learn from our guest in this episode, Sato Moughalian, the transfer of this celebrated ceramics tradition from Kütahya to Jerusalem was largely through the figure of David Ohannessian (1884-1953), a master ceramist who came up in the local ceramic arts of the western Anatolian region and received commissions from the likes of Ottoman governors, revivalist architects, and European notables, including Sir Mark Sykes. He survived the travails of deportation to the Syrian desert during WWI only to recreate his art and business in Mandate Palestine. In the podcast, we trace the material history of Ottoman Armenians through the life and journeys of Ohannessian and reflect on the history of Armenian music through some pieces recorded by Moughalian and her colleagues.  <a href="http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2016/07/armenian-ceramics.html#more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">« Click for More »</a>