Ägypten und Anatolien : politische, kulturelle und sprachliche Kontakte zwischen dem Niltal und Kleinasien im 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. /
: "The synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C." of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Austrian Science Fund: T.p. verso. : 633 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783700165934
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
Princes et pays d'Asie et de Nubie : textes hieratiques sur des figurines d'envoutement du moyen empire : suivis de Remarques paleographiques sur les textes similaires de Berlin /
: 114 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index.