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Offers a way of understanding Orientalism by shifting the focus from Europe to Istanbul and examining the cross-cultural artistic networks that emerged in that cosmopolitan capital in the nineteenth century.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Istanbul's Cultural Traffic 1. Ottoman Imperial Portraiture and Transcultural Aesthetics 2. The Battlefield of Ottoman History 3. Gerome in Istanbul 4. Istanbul's Art Exhibitions 5. Self-portraiture in Ottoman Istanbul Epilogue: Istanbul Exchanges Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Istanbul Exchanges

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    A Hardback by Mary Roberts

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 21/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780520280533, 978-0520280533
      ISBN10: 0520280539
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      History of art

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a way of understanding Orientalism by shifting the focus from Europe to Istanbul and examining the cross-cultural artistic networks that emerged in that cosmopolitan capital in the nineteenth century.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Istanbul's Cultural Traffic 1. Ottoman Imperial Portraiture and Transcultural Aesthetics 2. The Battlefield of Ottoman History 3. Gerome in Istanbul 4. Istanbul's Art Exhibitions 5. Self-portraiture in Ottoman Istanbul Epilogue: Istanbul Exchanges Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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