The orientalists : European painters of Eastern scenes
1977, 1st edition. Oxford : Phaidon. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #393226
ISBN: 0714817805
Physical description: 210 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 x 29 cm. Notes: Translation of Les orientalistes. Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-202) and index. Contents: Orient before orientalists -- Influence of musicians, travelling poets & writers -- Three masters -- Salons -- Why east? -- World of orientalists -- Decline of orientalism -- Appendices: List of principal 19th c. orientalist painters; list of orientalist exhibitions. Subjects: 1800-1899; Orientalism in art; Painting, European 19th century; Art, Modern 19th century Europe Oriental influences; Exoticism in art; Painting, European 19th century; Orientalism Critical studies.
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