Author: Thomas Wallace KnoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
The Oriental World; Or, New Travels in Turkey, Russia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Holy Land
Author: Thomas Wallace KnoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
The Oriental World
Author: Thomas Wallace KnoxThe Oriental World
Author: Thomas Wallace KnoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
The Oriental World, Or New Travels in Turkey, Russia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Holy Land, with Graphic Sketches of Life and Adventures in the Orient
Author: Islamic Architecture through Western Eyes: Spain, Turkey, India and Persia
Author: Michael GreenhalghPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004524851
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
An anthology of mainly 17th to early 20th-century Western published descriptions of Islamic religious buildings in Spain, Turkey, India and Persia, charting decoration, dilapidation and restoration, as well as the impact of Western trade, taste and imports on the East.
Plundered Empire
Author: Michael GreenhalghPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900440547X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
This book concentrates on the sometimes Greek but largely Roman survivals many travellers set out to see and perhaps possess throughout the immense Ottoman Empire, on what were eastward and southward extensions of the Grand Tour. Europeans were curious about the Empire, Christianity’s great rival for centuries, and plenty of information on its antiquities was available, offered here via lengthy quotations. Most accounts of the history of collecting and museums concentrate on the European end. Plundered Empire details how and where antiquities were sought, uncovered, bartered, paid for or stolen, and any tribulations in getting them home. The book provides evidence for the continuing debate about the ethics of museum collections, with 19th century international competition the spur to spectacular acquisitions.
Egyptian Belly Dance in Transition
Author: Heather D. WardPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476629633
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Raqs sharqi, the Egyptian dance form also known as belly dance, has for generations captured imaginations around the globe. Yet its origins have been obscured by misinformation and conjecture, rooted in Orientalist attitudes about the Middle East--a widely accepted narrative suggests the dance was created in response to Western influences and desires. Drawing on an array of primary sources, the author traces the early development of raqs sharqi in the context of contemporary trends in Egyptian arts and entertainment. The dance is revealed to be a hybrid cultural expression, emerging with the formation of Egyptian national identity at the end of the 19th century, when Egypt was occupied by the British.
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Monthly Bulletin. New Series
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description