Images of the Ottoman Empire

Images of the Ottoman Empire
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Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105123302015
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Book Synopsis Images of the Ottoman Empire by : Charles Newton

Download or read book Images of the Ottoman Empire written by Charles Newton and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman Empire was one of the world's great powers. Generations of travelers, explorers, traders, tourists, scientists and artists were drawn to these magical lands. Whether depictions of contemporary life in the bustling street, the court, the harem, or elegiac evocations of the ruins of antiquity, the hundred images selected here by artists from David Roberts and Edward Lear to John Frederick Lewis bring a largely vanished world vividly to life.


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