Voyages & visions : nineteenth-century European images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum / Esin Atil, Charles Newton, Sarah Searight.

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Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Voyages & visions : nineteenth-century European images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum / Esin Atil, Charles Newton, Sarah Searight.

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Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm

Notes:
Exhibition catalog.
Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.
Introduction / Donald Roberts McClelland -- The Ottoman World in the Nineteenth Century / Esin Atil -- Middle East Observed / Sarah Searight -- The Artists / Charles Newton -- Acknowledgements / Anna R. Cohn.

Summary:

For centuries the Middle East attracted enterprising traders and adventurous travelers throughout the world to its distant lands. European artists - whether professional painters accompanying an expedition or amateur watercolorists on holiday - responded to these exotic surroundings and changing conditions, preserving the Middle Eastern legacy in works that today offer a glimpse into this now-lost world. Voyages and Visions: Nineteenth-Century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum surveys the variety of artists' encounters with these distant lands and exotic cultures through the presentation of eighty-two watercolors and drawings selected from the extensive Seafight Collection in London. Complementing these exciting works oil paper are fascinating essays written by experts in Middle Eastern studies. Their research elucidates the mutual exchange of ideas and influences between East and West, charts the course of European travel throughout the region, and examines the artists and their varied responses to the wonders they encountered.

ISBN:

0295974907 (hardback)
9780295974903 (hardback)
0865280428 (paperback)
9780865280427 (paperback)

Subject:

Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogs.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Victoria and Albert museum (Londres)
Exoticism in art Exhibitions.
Art, European 19th century Exhibitions.
Art England London Exhibitions.
Exotisme dans l'art Expositions.
Art européen 19e siècle Expositions.
Art Angleterre Londres Expositions.
Art.
Art, European.
Exoticism in art.
Exotisme Dans l'art Catalogues d'exposition.
Art 19e siècle Europe Catalogues d'exposition.
Middle East In art Exhibitions.
England London.
Middle East.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogs.

Added entries:

Atıl, Esin.
Newton, Charles.
Searight, Sarah.

Voyages and visions

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Location: Library main 215916
Call No.: DS48 .A8 1995
Status: Available

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