The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting

by Nicholas Tromans

Book Overview

With its unprecedented focus on the history of Orientalism in British art, this handsome book places the British within the story of how the genre was established in the 19th century--a story heretofore dominated by the French. Featuring both well-known and rarely seen paintings, together with sketches and photographs, this volume examines the work of British artists who engaged with Middle Eastern themes over three centuries, from the 1620s to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300138989
• ISBN13: 9780300138986
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.5" x 12.0"