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Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy

by Deniz Beyazit , Maryam Ekhtiar , Asher Ethan Miller
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781588398147
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
  • Publisher Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
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  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: USD 40.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1186 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Islamic & Middle Eastern

A fresh look at the ways nineteenth-century European and Ottoman artists portrayed and promoted the Middle East through interpretations and emulations of Islamic art and design

Colonial and imperial expansion, technical advancement, and artistic transformation in the nineteenth century catalyzed the global marketplace and sparked a wave of European picture-making focused on North Africa and the Middle East. Known as Orientalism, the genre inspired by Islamic cultures relied equally on fact and fantasy to create iconic images both celebrated and interrogated today. This book tells a new, multifaceted story, taking into account how major figures ranging from the French painters Ingres, Delacroix, and G�r�me to the Ottoman statesman and artist Osman Hamdi Bey shaped an understanding of their world by incorporating Islamic motifs into their pictures. Addressing manifold questions about ethnic and racial difference, gender, power relations, and colonialist attitudes, the publication reinterprets beloved works of art such as G�r�me's Bashi-Bazouk and Ingres's La Grande Odalisque. The book reaches beyond easel painting to detail the impact of Orientalism on decorative arts, architecture, and collecting practices, which inspired a deep admiration for Islamic art and prompted a design revolution with an enduring legacy in Europe and the United States.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(June 12, 2026-February 28, 2027)

Deniz Beyazit is curator, Department of Islamic Art, Maryam Ekhtiar is Patti Cadby Birch Curator, Department of Islamic Art, and Asher Miller is Eugene V. Thaw Curator, Department of European Paintings, all at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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