{"product_id":"gentile-bellinis-portrait-of-sultan-elizabeth-rodini-9780755616619","title":"Gentile Bellini's Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II: Lives and Afterlives of an Iconic Image","description":"In 1479, the Venetian painter Gentile Bellini arrived at the Ottoman court in Istanbul, \u003cbr\u003ewhere he produced his celebrated portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. An important moment of\u003cbr\u003ecultural diplomacy, this was the first of many intriguing episodes in the picture's history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Rodini traces Gentile's portrait from Mehmed's court to the Venetian lagoon, \u003cbr\u003efrom the railway stations of war-torn Europe to the walls of London's National Gallery, \u003cbr\u003eexploring its life as a painting and its afterlife as a famous, often puzzling image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRediscovered by the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard at the height of Orientalist\u003cbr\u003eoutlooks in Britain, the picture was also the subject of a lawsuit over what defines a\u003cbr\u003e\"portrait\"; it was claimed by Italians seeking to hold onto national patrimony around 1900;\u003cbr\u003eand it starred in a solo exhibition in Istanbul in 1999. Rodini's focused inquiry also ranges\u003cbr\u003ebroadly, considering the nature of historical evidence, the shifting status of authenticity\u003cbr\u003eand verisimilitude, and the contemporary political resonance of Old Master paintings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold as an object biography and imagined as an exploration of art historical\u003cbr\u003emethodologies, this book situates Gentile's portrait in evolving dialogues between East\u003cbr\u003eand West, uncovering the many and varied ways that objects construct meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Rodini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0755616618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780755616619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Elizabeth Rodini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450250064127,"sku":"9780755616619","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34e8f543-da92-4547-aff0-b934d45f8bec.jpg?v=1698503696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gentile-bellinis-portrait-of-sultan-elizabeth-rodini-9780755616619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}