Istanbul exchanges : Ottomans, orientalists, and nineteenth-century visual culture /

A vibrant artistic milieu emerged in the late-nineteenth century Istanbul that was extremely heterogeneous, including Ottoman, Ottoman-Armenian, French, Italian, British, Polish and Ottoman-Greek artists. Roberts analyzes the ways artistic output intersected with the broader political agenda of a mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Mary, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Istanbul's cultural traffic
  • Ottoman imperial portraiture and transcultural aesthetics
  • The battlefield of Ottoman history
  • Gérôme in Istanbul
  • Istanbul's art exhibitions
  • Self-portraiture in Ottoman Istanbul
  • Epilogue : Istanbul exchanges.