{"product_id":"visions-from-abroad-mona-khazindar-9788857239460","title":"Visions from Abroad: Historical and Contemporary Representations of Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003eArabia, with its holy cities in Hejaz and its Bedouin-populated deserts, holds a special place in the Western imaginary. \u003ci\u003eVisions from Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e explores this fantasy, presenting Saudi Arabia as it was seen by visitors born outside the peninsula. These visitors were often idiosyncratic adventurers as well as artists, and this book tells their stories too--like that of the British naval officer Richard Burton, who passed himself off as an Afghan physician and magician in order to enter Arabia in 1853. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding painting, sculpture, engravings and photography as well as installation and comics, this publication presents an extraordinary collection of historical, anthropological and artistic images in which the works of great Orientalist artists such as L on Belly, Georg Emanuel Opiz and  mile Prisse d'Avesnes are juxtaposed with those of contemporary photographers such as Raymond Depardon, Abbas and Humberto Da Silveira. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mona Khazindar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8857239462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788857239460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 9.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Mona Khazindar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126079353087,"sku":"9788857239460","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_931c10ad-a7fc-45a4-be9e-e114c05ee25e.jpg?v=1687446169","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visions-from-abroad-mona-khazindar-9788857239460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}