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ISBN-103836520249

ISBN-139783836520249

eBay Product ID (ePID)219217515

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Book TitleÉmile Prisse D'avennes. Oriental Art

Number of Pages520 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicMiddle Eastern, Buildings / Religious, Regional, Subjects & Themes / General, History / General

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Architecture

AuthorSheila S. Blair & Jonathan M. Bloom

Book SeriesBibliotheca Universalis Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height8.1 in

Item Weight43.7 Oz

Item Length1.9 in

Item Width6.2 in

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SynopsisA splendid reprint of Émile Prisse d'Avennes's 1869 to 1877 survey L'Art arabe, one of the most outstanding surveys on Islamic art and architecture. Dazzling in its attention to detail as much as to historical, social, and religious context, this is a precious record of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman heritage as well as of the history of thought..., Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), a French Orientalist, author, and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th-century Egyptologists. As a youth he dreamed of exploring the Orient and at 19 began traveling to Greece, India, and Palestine. Over the next 40 years he explored Syria, Arabia, Persia, and also spent long periods living in Egypt and Algeria. Having converted to Islam, he traveled under the Arabic name Idris Effendi. With a keen eye for the symmetry, opulence, and complexity of local visual cultures, Prisse d'Avennes recorded the art and architecture which he encountered on his travels. His work would later become one of the most outstanding surveys on Islamic art and architecture, with Arab Art (L'Art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire) being published between 1869 and 1877 in Paris. This TASCHEN edition revives Prisse d'Avennes's magisterial chromolithograph survey in all its attention to detail, as well as to historical, social, and religious contexts. For further situational understanding, it includes his supplementary studies of the people and costumes of the Nile Valley, which he published in the Oriental Album (Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, the Valley of the Nile, London, 1848). It is a precious record not only of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman heritage but also of the history of thought and imagination between Europe and the Middle East. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis -- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!, mile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), a French Orientalist, author, and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th-century Egyptologists. As a youth he dreamed of exploring the Orient and at 19 began traveling to Greece, India, and Palestine. Over the next 40 years he explored Syria, Arabia, Persia, and also spent long periods living in Egypt and Algeria. Having converted to Islam, he traveled under the Arabic name Idris Effendi. With a keen eye for the symmetry, opulence, and complexity of local visual cultures, Prisse d'Avennes recorded the art and architecture which he encountered on his travels. His work would later become one of the most outstanding surveys on Islamic art and architecture, with Arab Art (L'Art arabe d'apr s les monuments du Kaire) being published between 1869 and 1877 in Paris. This TASCHEN edition revives Prisse d'Avennes's magisterial chromolithograph survey in all its attention to detail, as well as to historical, social, and religious contexts. For further situational understanding, it includes his supplementary studies of the people and costumes of the Nile Valley, which he published in the Oriental Album (Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life, the Valley of the Nile, London, 1848). It is a precious record not only of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman heritage but also of the history of thought and imagination between Europe and the Middle East.

LC Classification NumberN6260