The Oriental Obsession begins in the early sixteenth century with Cardinal Wolsey waiting two years for the delivery of sixty rare Turkey carpets from Venice, and ends in the age of the great exhibitions and emporia on both sides of the Atlantic, before and after 1900, when Islamic objects were seen, appreciated, and bought by millions of the public. The book is concerned with a subject which has not been treated before - the history over four centuries of Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam as they ...
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The Oriental Obsession begins in the early sixteenth century with Cardinal Wolsey waiting two years for the delivery of sixty rare Turkey carpets from Venice, and ends in the age of the great exhibitions and emporia on both sides of the Atlantic, before and after 1900, when Islamic objects were seen, appreciated, and bought by millions of the public. The book is concerned with a subject which has not been treated before - the history over four centuries of Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam as they affected the visual arts of the west and particularly the English-speaking peoples. Studies of individual aspects have been made previously, but this is the first time that an attempt has been made to consider the subject as a whole. The geographical purview extends from Moorish Spain in the west to British India in the east and, besides architecture, the activities that are involved include painting, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, furniture and bookcrafts.
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Add this copy of The Oriental Obsession: Islamic Inspiration in British to cart. $36.32, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Cambridge University Press.
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New. Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Contains: Unspecified. Cambridge Studies in the History of Art . Includes unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Cambridge Univ Pr., 1988, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", xviii+327pp., illustrated with b/e reproductions, some color plates. Red cloth with gilt spine titles in black block. "The Oriental Obsession begins in the early sixteenth century with Cardinal Wolsey waiting two years for the delivery of sixty rare Turkey carpets from Venice, and ends in the age of the great exhibitions and emporia on both sides of the Atlantic, before and after 1900, when Islamic objects were seen, appreciated, and bought by millions of the public. The book is concerned with a subject which has not been treated before-the history over four centuries of Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam as they affected the visual arts of the west and particularly the English-speaking peoples." Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Good. No jacket. Some light wear one corners and edges, very mild overall yellowing. Light scuffing on back cover, some graphite smudging on inside front cover; clean and unmarked throughout otherwise. Good binding.
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Very Good- 0521407257. Glossy softbound covers. Light shelf wear to the edges of the covers.; Cambridge Studies In The History Of Art; 10.9 X 8.3 X 0.8 inches; 348 pages.
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Very good in Good jacket. The dust jacket is shelf worn and rubbed, particualrly along the front and back hinges of the jacket covers. the bottom edge is slightly creased. The covers spine is slightly bumped on the top and bottom edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
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VG. White softcover with color illustration and black and orange lettering. 327 pp., 12 color and 148 bw plates. Extensive appendixes, NOtes Section, Bibliography and Index. a whale of a reference-a great cornerstone to your research in this topic area.
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