The Myth of the Orient: Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism by Giese, Francine

The Myth of the Orient: Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783034321075)

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The Myth of the Orient: Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism by Giese, Francine

The Myth of the Orient: Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism

$57.55
The Myth of the Orient: Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism by Giese, Francine

The Myth of the Orient: Architecture and Ornament in the Age of Orientalism

$57.55
Format: Paperback
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This volume presents the latest research on the Selamlik in Oberhofen Castle and on neo-Islamic architecture and ornamentation, with a special focus on Cairo as a privileged model for 19th-century Orientalism.



Author: Francine Giese
ISBN-10: 3034321074
ISBN-13: 9783034321075
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2016
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d
By Francine Giese
By Francine Giese
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Francine Giese is SNSF professor at the University of Zurich. Her PhD thesis and habilitation dealt with different aspects of Islamic architecture and its preservation. Her research interests are Islamic art and architecture, cross-cultural exchanges in the Middle Ages and the appropriation of Islamic aesthetics in the West. Current projects: Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe / The Orient in Switzerland.

Ariane Varela Braga is SNSF assistant and post-doc researcher at the University of Zurich, in the project "Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe", directed by F. Giese. Her PhD thesis examined the genesis and theory of Owen Jones' Grammar of Ornament. She has taught at John Cabot University and has been a fellow of the Swiss Institute in Rome.

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