The Lure of the East

The Lure of the East
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Publisher : Tate Publishing(UK)
Total Pages : 228
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Book Synopsis The Lure of the East by : Rana Kabbani

Download or read book The Lure of the East written by Rana Kabbani and published by Tate Publishing(UK). This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Orientalist Painting will explore the responses of British artists to the cultures and landscapes of the Near and Middle East between 1780 and 1930, offering vital historical and cultural perspectives on the challenging questions of the 'Orient' and its representation in British art. It will bring together over 120 paintings, prints and drawings of bazaars, public baths, domestic interiors and religious sites, and all the major genres, themes and preoccupations of Orientalism in British art will be considered. Several exceptional and rarely seen paintings by John Frederick Lewis, Edward Lear, David Wilkie, Richard Dadd, Lord Leighton, and William Holman Hunt, will be shown, as well as significant works by many less familiar names.

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