{"product_id":"the-lure-of-the-east-emily-m-weeks-9780300138986","title":"The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith its unprecedented focus on the history of Orientalism in British art, this handsome book places the British within the story of how the genre was established in the 19th century--a story heretofore dominated by the French. Featuring both well-known and rarely seen paintings, together with sketches and photographs, this volume examines the work of British artists who engaged with Middle Eastern themes over three centuries, from the 1620s to the eclipse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded are works by Joshua Reynolds, J. F. Lewis, W. H. Hunt, David Wilkie, John Singer Sargent, William Holman Hunt, J.M.W. Turner, Roger Fenton, Andrew Geddes, and Edward Lear. Many of their images are, or purport to be, the result of direct observation of actual places in the Middle East. The book spotlights numerous topics of timely cultural interest, including the cross-pollination of British and Islamic artistic traditions, as well as Western myths about the Islamic world in relation to artists' actual experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYale Center for British Art (February 7 - April 27, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTate Britain, London (June 4 - August 31, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (October 2008 - January 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (late February - April 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily M. Weeks,Nicholas Tromans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300138989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300138986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.99h x 9.49w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2008 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009","brand":"Emily M. Weeks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443330035967,"sku":"9780300138986","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1699b98e-0837-4ccd-b3f5-3aae254a82cf.jpg?v=1777204784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lure-of-the-east-emily-m-weeks-9780300138986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}