A Journey into the World of the Ottomans. Vol.2. [English Edition]

On the occasion of Doha being a cultural capital of the Middle East in 2010 and Istanbul being a cultural capital of Europe, Doha Orientalist museum is holding a symbolic exhibition "A Journey into the World of the Ottomans", accompanied by a catalogue. Major part of the illustrated exhibition artworks are to come from the Orientalist museum own collection, the Rijksmuseum, as well as other major collections. The exhibition will bring together artists from the sixteenth century onwards, including Bernardino Campi, Jacopo Ligozzi, Nicolas Rycks, Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Antoine Ignace Melling, Francesco Hayez, John Frederick Lewis, Walter Gould, Alberto Pasini, Germain Fabius Brest, Oskar Kokoschka, Nikolai Kalmikoff, Vanessa Hodgkinson and Bas Princen. The artworks selected are to illustrate the history of the orientalism development from the sixteenth to twenty first century, which throughout the years shaped the image of the Ottoman world in Europe, covering different genres of orientalist art.
Key Sales Information - Published on the occasion of the exhibition the catalogue illustrates the history of the orientalist art movement from the sixteenth to twenty first century - It will appeal to the lovers of orientalism as well as those interested in the history of cultural exchange between Ottoman and European cultures.
Authors Olga Nefedova is a chief curator of the Orientalist Museum, Doha and a curator of the exhibition "A Journey into the World of the Ottomans".
Eveline Sint-Nicolaas is a curator of Dutch history at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Vanessa Hodgkinson is an artist, living in London.
Bas Princen is an artist, living in Rotterdam.