A l'Orientale: Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

The present volume offers an overview of collecting and displaying Islamic art during the long nineteenth century. A section of the volume focuses on the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels. Special attention is given to little-known collections in Eastern Europe and beyond.

L'ouvrage fournit un panorama du collectionnisme d'art islamique au cours du long XIXe si?cle, en mettant l'accent sur la figure d'Henri Moser Charlottenfels et des collections m?connues situ?es en Europe central, et au-del?.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004410856
• ISBN13: 9789004410855
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 10.5"