The Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia & India
New York: Laynfaroh, 2005. Hardcover. Hot coral buckram, gilt letters on spine, pictorial dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 304 pp., profusely illus., chiefly in color. VG (Few marks from previous gallery owner; SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tp.). Item #142767
ISBN: 0975978306
WOW! The most stunning volume about the Orientalist artists that we know of. "Explores the richest era of fascination -- the late 19th century, when artists from American and every country in Europe traveled throughout the Orient, painting its cities and people. Many of these regions had only recently become accessible to the West. The first in, the first to see -- these "Orientalists" created a rich body of work portraying a world that was rapidly changing." (dj) Text is augmented by more than 300 illustrations: artwork, historical views, and more contemporary photographs. A treasure, to be sure.
Price: $700.00