Mercedes Volait

Gebundenes Buch

Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890

Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform

Beschreibung

This book examines the commodification of Middle Eastern antiques during the Tanzimat period through the social life of typical objects, the agencies and subjectivities involved in their trade, and the impact achieved on interior decoration in Egypt, Europe and America.

Autor

Mercedes Volait, Ph.D. (1993), Aix-Marseille University, is Research Professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. She has numerous publications on art, architecture and photography in Modern Egypt, as well as Islamic art collecting in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 1114g
• ISBN-13: 9789004470705
• ISBN-10: 9004470700
• Artikelnr.: 62067838