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Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830-1920

Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830-1920

Parry, James

Hardcover

General Middle EastGeneral Middle Eastern History

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ISBN10: 9774168356
ISBN13: 9789774168352
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: Oct 2 2018
Pages: 240
Weight: 3.25
Height: 1.30 Width: 9.80 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrimages in history, the nineteenth century saw scores of Western artists heading to the Middle East. Inspired by the allure of the exotic Orient, they went in search of subjects for their paintings. Orientalist Lives looks at what led this surprisingly diverse and idiosyncratic group of men--and some women--to often remote and potentially dangerous locations, from Morocco to Egypt, the Levant, and Turkey. There they lived, worked, and traveled for weeks or months on end, gathering material with which to create art for their clients back in the drawing rooms of Boston, London, and Paris.


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