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From pasture to polis : art in the age of Homer /
: "Exhibition dates : Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, October 9-December 5, 1993 ; University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, January 20-March 20, 1994 ; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, April 23-June 19, 1994" -- Title page verso. : xiii, 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index.
Topkapi à Versailles : trésors de la cour ottomane.
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En haut de la page de titre : Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, 4 mai-15 Août 1999.
Exposition org. à l'occasion du 700e anniversaire de l'Etat ottoman (cf. p. 19). :
349 pages : color, illustrations ; 30 cm. :
Bibliogr. p. 341-349. :
2711839060
Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform /
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"The commodification of Islamic antiques intensified in the late Ottoman Empire, an age of domestic reform and increased European interference following the Tanzimat (reorganisation) of 1839. Mercedes Volait examines the social life of typical objects moving from Cairo and Damascus to Paris, London, and beyond, uncovers the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in the trade of architectural salvage and historic handicraft, and traces impacts on private interiors, through creative reuse and Revival design, in Egypt, Europe and America. By devoting attention to both local and global engagements with Middle Eastern tangible heritage, the present volume invites to look anew at Orientalism in art and interior design, the canon of Islamic architecture and the translocation of historic works of art"--
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004449886
9789004449879
The Palace of Darius at Susa : the great royal residence of Achaemenid Persia /
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"Published in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation".
Translation of : Le palais de Darius à Suse : une résidence royale sur la route de Persépolis à Babylone. :
xxix, 507 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-497) and index. :
1848856210 (hbk.)
9781848856219 :
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