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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Mary, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Ottoman--Turkey--Istanbul.

Art, Ottoman.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

History.

Turkey--Istanbul.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]

Summary:

"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 modernizing Ottoman state. She draws on extensive original research, bringing together sources in Turkey, England, France, Italy, Armenia, Poland and Denmark. Five chapters each address a particular issue related to transcultural exchange across the east-west divide that is focused on a particular case study of art, artistic patronage, and art exhibitions in nineteenth-century Istanbul"--Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.

ISBN:

9780520280533

0520280539

OCLC:

890912548