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

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Author / Creator:Roberts, Mary, 1965- author.
Imprint:Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Description:xvii, 259 pages ; 27 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10158026
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ISBN:9780520280533
0520280539
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.