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Turquerie: An Eighteenth-Century European Fantasy
Haydn Williams
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Description for Turquerie: An Eighteenth-Century European Fantasy
Hardcover. Looks at the artistic phenomenon known as turquerie. This book shows how turquerie manifested itself in the arts across Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 291 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 300 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Painstakingly researched from many sources, this is the first book to look at the artistic phenomenon known as turquerie. At the end of the 17th century, the long-standing fear of the Turk in Europe was gradually replaced by fascination. Travellers’ accounts of the Ottoman lands, translations of works such as One Thousand and One Nights, and the magnificent spectacle of Ottoman ambassadors and their retinues were among the catalysts that inspired the creation of a European fantasy of this world. In this new book, Haydn Williams shows how turquerie manifested itself in the arts across Europe. Its most intense ... Read more
Painstakingly researched from many sources, this is the first book to look at the artistic phenomenon known as turquerie. At the end of the 17th century, the long-standing fear of the Turk in Europe was gradually replaced by fascination. Travellers’ accounts of the Ottoman lands, translations of works such as One Thousand and One Nights, and the magnificent spectacle of Ottoman ambassadors and their retinues were among the catalysts that inspired the creation of a European fantasy of this world. In this new book, Haydn Williams shows how turquerie manifested itself in the arts across Europe. Its most intense ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500252062
SKU
V9780500252062
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About Haydn Williams
Haydn Williams is a former director and head of the objects of vertu and Russian works of art department at Sotheby’s. He is editor of Enamels of the World 1700–2000.
Reviews for Turquerie: An Eighteenth-Century European Fantasy
'Deeply researched and lavishly illustrated, this is a gorgeous book with broad appeal … a serious and scholarly text' - The World of Interiors 'A fascinating insight into the historical background, the political context and the myths and realities of of turquerie … With its sumptuous illustrations, this book would appeal to anyone interested in Ottoman culture, Orientalism or 18th-century ... Read more