Author: Rosenthan, Donald A.
Title: Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1800-1880
Description: Rochester, NY, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1982. Paperback. Color wraps with white lettering; 176 pp. 6 color, 142 bw plates. Contents as follows: Before The Romantics; Development of Romantic Orientalism during the Bourbon Restoration (1814-1830); Expansion During The July Monarchy (1830-1848); The Second Empire (185201870): The Apogee of Orientalist Realism; The Principle Genres; Literary Orientalism and The Visual Arts; The Role of Photography; Foreign Influences; Impressionists, "Decadents", and The Decline of Orientalism; Conclusion. Lengthy selected bibliography. Catalogue lists 75 works. Individual chapter notes at end. A thorough and insightful look at this subject, rarely written about in English. Good (Wraps show shelf/edgewear; smudging and rubbing; interior is clean and tight; textblock edges have a few smudges.) .

Keywords: Art; French Art; Orientalism; Excat ; Orientalism ; French Art ; Orientalism Museum Exhibitions - European Art


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