The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting - Couverture rigide

Tromans, Nicholas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300138989 ISBN 13 : 9780300138986

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Lure of the East With its unprecedented focus on the history of Orientalism in British art, this handsome book places the British within the story of how the genre was established in the 19th century--a story heretofore dominated by the French. Featuring both well-known and rarely seen paintings, together with sketches and photographs, this volume examines the work of British artists who engaged with Middle Eastern themes over three centuries, from the 1620s to the eclipse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. Included are works by Joshua Reynolds, J. F. Lewis, W. H. Hunt, David Wilkie, John Singer Sargent, William Holman Hunt, J.M.W. Turner, Roger Fenton, Andrew Geddes, and Edward...

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

With works by artists including Holman Hunt, Edward Lear, Frederic Lord Leighton and Stanley Spencer, this fascinating book demonstrates that the encounter between Britain and the Islamic world was as potent two-and-a-half centuries ago as it is today.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0300138989
• ISBN 13: 9780300138986
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224