The Oriental Obsession - Islamic Inspiration in British and American Art and Architecture 1500 1920

How Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam affected the visual arts of the west.

List of contents

List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. 1500 to 1660: the growing impetus; 2. 1660 to 1750: the connoisseurs of spectacle; 3. 1750 to 1820: models east of Rome; 4. After 1820: the painters' vision; 5. After 1850: the design reformers; 6. The American story; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: John Sweetman
• Assisted by: Francis Haskell (Editor), Nicholas Penny (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780521407250
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40725-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 280 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 852 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Art
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture