Inspired by the East : how the Islamic world influenced Western art / edited by William Greenwood, Lucien de Guise.

Charting the fascinating history of cultural and artistic interactions between East and West, this exhibition explores the impact the Islamic world has had on Western art for centuries. Artistic exchange between East and West has a long and intertwined history, and the exhibition picks these stories...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: British Museum (Host institution)
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Host institution)
Other Authors: Greenwood, William (Curator) (Editor)
De Guise, Lucien (Editor)
Language:English
Published: London : The British Museum Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Orientalism in art > Exhibitions.
Art > Europe > History > Exhibitions.
Islamic art > Appreciation > Europe > Exhibitions.
Art and Design.
Art.
Orientalism in art.
Europe.
Islamische Kunst.
Orientalismus > Kunst.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 x 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Orientalism debate / John M. MacKenzie
  • The origins of Orientalism : a pluraity of Orients and Occidents, c. 1500-1800 / William Kynan-Wilson
  • Orientalism, Orientalist art and the making of meaning / Mary Kelly
  • John Frederick Lewis, 'A Memlook Bey' : disguise or disclosure? / Briony Llewellyn
  • 'Beautiful as a poet's dream...' : Islamic influence on European design / Catherine L. Futter
  • Orientalism and the history of photography in the Middle East / Ali Behdad
  • New meanings for Orientalism : a visual dialogue with contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa / Mary Kelly.