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The myth of the Orient : architecture and ornament in the age of Orientalism / Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Europe--Islamic influences.
- Architecture.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bern : Peter Lang, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- La Banque Misr du Caire : Antonio Lasciac, les décorateurs italiens et le " style arabe "Œuvre d'art total et travail d'équipe; Les traits du chef-d'œuvre; Architecture arabe moderne pour une institution égyptienne; Bibliographie; Section V: Selamlik; The Oberhofen Selamlik
- a Cairene manḍara made in Switzerland; Neo-Islamic smoking rooms in Switzerland; Albert de Pourtalès
- Prussian diplomat and Orient traveller; European Architects Going East; Zeerleder in Cairo; 19th century Illustrations of Cairo's Domestic Architecture; A Cairene manḍara for Oberhofen Castle; Appendix; Bibliography.
- Cover; Acknowledgements ; Contents; The Myth of the Orient; Bibliography; Section I: Oriental Visions; Figuration et fortune artistique des intérieurs du Caire au XIXe siècle; Maisons chrétiennes, maisons désertées; Recréer; Bibliographie; Les photographies du Caire peintes par Willem de Famars Testas; Les photographies du Caire du fonds d'Émile Prisse d'Avennes; Les photographies peintes par Willem de Famars Testas; De l'utilité des photographies sur l'œuvre de Willem de Famars Testas; Bibliographie.
- Architecture(s) du Caire au prisme des récits de voyageuses germanophones au XIXe siècleBibliographie; Section II: Architecture
- Cairo; Carl von Diebitsch (1819-1869): Moorish Style as State-of-the-art Architecture in 19th-century Cairo; Diebitsch's bathroom in Schwerin Palace (1857) as nucleus for his further building contracts in Cairo; Diebitsch's Moorish House in Berlin (1857): functioning as the architect's own production facility, including his building contracts in Cairo; Diebisch's building contracts in Cairo (1862-1869).
- Diebitsch's Moorish kiosk at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, specifically designed for the Egyptian viceroy as potential buyer of the exhibition pieceBibliography; Johann Adam Rennebaum and the Architecture of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo; State of Research; Johann Adam Rennebaum, Architect; The Hotel's Architecture(s); Bibliography; Section III: Architecture
- Transmission; Mamluk Reproductions: Survey and Analysis of Tombs in the Cemetery of Sant'Orsola in Palermo; Bibliography.
- Von Kairo nach Dresden: Zu den islamischen Vorbildern der Tabak- und Cigarettenfabrik Yenidze, ihrer medialen Vermittlung und formalen AdaptionDer Vorbilder-Pool; Eklektizistische Willkür vs. wissenschaftlicher Differenzierung; Auftraggeber und Architekt; Bibliografie; Section IV: Ornament; Tectonique islamique : un paradigme pour penser l'ornement au XIXe siècle; Crise; Tectonique; Islamicité; Utopie; Bibliographie; Owen Jones and the Oriental Perspective; Travelling East; Scrutinizing Islamic Ornament; The Grammar of Ornament; Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Restaurierung des Selamlik im Schloss Oberhofen 2010-2013.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 17, 2017).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Giese, Francine. Myth of the Orient : Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism.
- ISBN:
- 9783035109450
- 3035109451
- 9783034323574
- 3034323573
- Publisher Number:
- 99985319396
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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