This publication brings you images of the East as reflected in the work of Orientalists influenced the cultural life of Europe through art, literature, architecture, music and philosophy. This volume provides an essential background on the Orientalist movement, through the work of Franco-Flemish painter Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671–1737), whose illustrations of the Ottoman court as well as scenes of daily life in Istanbul’s multicultural society.
Language English
Publication date 2010
ISBN 978-8857-206-42-4