Author: Peltre, Christine
Title: Orientalism in Art
Description: New York/London, Abbeville, 2005. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine and stamped lettering on cover. Color-illustrated dust jacket with navy lettering. 296 pp. Profusely illustrated, mainly in color. Heavy, at 7 pounds, and will require extra shipping. Translated from French. Nineteenth-century Europe was fascinated by the Orient. Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1798 initiated this phenomenon, and its history included the Greek uprising against the Turks in 1821 and the French taking of Algiers in 1830. Artists of the period, too, were captivated by these events, and the rich body of imagery they produced is the subject of this volume. -Amazon. VG/VG .
Keywords: European Art, Orientalism ; Orientalism ; ; General Art - European
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Title: Orientalism in Art
Description: New York/London, Abbeville, 2005. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine and stamped lettering on cover. Color-illustrated dust jacket with navy lettering. 296 pp. Profusely illustrated, mainly in color. Heavy, at 7 pounds, and will require extra shipping. Translated from French. Nineteenth-century Europe was fascinated by the Orient. Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1798 initiated this phenomenon, and its history included the Greek uprising against the Turks in 1821 and the French taking of Algiers in 1830. Artists of the period, too, were captivated by these events, and the rich body of imagery they produced is the subject of this volume. -Amazon. VG/VG .
Keywords: European Art, Orientalism ; Orientalism ; ; General Art - European
Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 164596
- Book number: 164596
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