Rediscovering Objects From Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe

This book argues that the provenance of early modern and medieval objects from Islamic lands was largely forgotten until the "long" eighteenth century, when the first efforts were made to reconnect them with the historical contexts in which they were produced.

Sommario

Introduction
Isabelle Dolezalek and Mattia Guidetti
Part I: Changing Perceptions
1. Changing Perceptions of Middle Eastern Objects and Cultures in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Anna Contadini
2. Reading Ottoman Banners in the State of the Church
Mattia Guidetti
Part II: Protagonists
3. Oluf Gerhard Tychsen: Orientalist and Object Interpreter in Rostock
Isabelle Dolezalek
4. Beyond Manuscripts: Maronite Christians as Object Interpreters in Early Modern Europe
Tobias Mörike
Part III: Whose Heritage?
5. The "Baptistère de Saint Louis": The Making of a "Historical Monument"
Carine Juvin
6. "Nuestros árabes"? The Rediscovery of Spanish Islamic Architecture from an Enlightened Gaze
Miriam Cera Brea

Info autore

Isabelle Dolezalek is Junior Professor of History of Art at the University of Greifswald, Germany.
Mattia Guidetti is Senior Assistant Professor of History of Islamic Art at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Riassunto

This book argues that the provenance of early modern and medieval objects from Islamic lands was largely forgotten until the "long" eighteenth century, when the first efforts were made to reconnect them with the historical contexts in which they were produced.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Isabelle Guidetti Dolezalek
• Con la collaborazione di: Isabelle Dolezalek (Editore), Mattia Guidetti (Editore), Guidetti Mattia (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367615956
• ISBN: 978-0-367-61595-6
• Pagine: 174
• Serie: Studies in Art Historiography
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History of Art, Romanticism, Art & design styles: Romanticism, ART / History / European / Romanticism