Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830 - 1920 Tote Published (date) September 03

Published (date) September 03

The collection features stories in the original Arabic

Dimensions: 25 x 17

and the complex role he continues to play in Vietnam and Southeast Asia more broadly

ISBN: 9783775741286

Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830 - 1920 Tote Published (date) September 03In 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 menand some womento often remote and potentially dangerous locations, from Morocco to Egypt, the Levant, and Turkey. There