Art historian Cengiz Yıldız's 2021 study of sixteenth-century Ottoman miniatu…

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Art historian Cengiz Yıldız's 2021 study of sixteenth-century Ottoman miniature painting argued that the tradition's flattened pictorial space and emphasis on detailed pattern reflected a deliberate aesthetic choice rather than a lack of awareness of European perspective methods. Yıldız points to court inventories listing imported European prints alongside Ottoman commissions and to surviving artists' notebooks that show experiments with perspectival foreshortening reserved for private use. Which choice best states Yıldız's main argument?

• A.Ottoman miniaturists' flattened style reflected a deliberate aesthetic choice rather than ignorance of European perspective.
• B.European prints had no presence in Ottoman court collections.
• C.Ottoman miniaturists were unaware of European perspective methods.
• D.Ottoman painters abandoned the miniature tradition for European-style perspective.