Pittori del Seicento a Palazzo Abatellis

Germano Mulazzani
Shell Italia

Annamaria Bava, Francesco Gonzales
Silvana Editoriale

Giordana Benazzi
Silvana Editoriale

Andrew Martindale
Rusconi immagini

Giuseppe De Logu
Silvana Editoriale d'Arte

Gravè
Mermod

Sergio Guarino
Bononia University Press

Pietro C. Marani
Città di Legnano

AA.VV.
Amilcare Pizzi Editore

Giovanni Romano
Antichi Maestri Pittori

Otto H. Förster
Prestel-Verlag

Olga Nefedova
Skira Editore

Orientalism can be defined as a historical and cultural event, which has been uniting various aspects of cultural life for a number of centuries--literature, fine art, architecture, music and philosophy. A "vision" of the East--positive or negative--based on imagination or historic facts, it has generated an exotic image in our consciousness, which has its own right to existence. At a crucial and timely moment in the history of relations between the West and Islam, this book provides the context and essential background to understanding this part of the world and the intense debate on this theme. The art-biographer of the XVIII-century Ottoman Empire Franco-Flemish artist Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) left a very important legacy--pictorial evidences which can be considered as historical illustrations of all the aspects of XVIII-century Ottoman life: from diplomatic ceremonies in the Ottoman court to everyday events of Istanbul multinational society. It will be of strong interest to scholars of Middle East studies, anthropology, history, cultural studies, post-colonial studies, and literary studies.