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Turquerie and the Politics of Representation, 1728–1876 book cover

1st Edition

Turquerie and the Politics of Representation, 1728–1876

By Nebahat Avcioglu Copyright 2011
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

In this first full-length study devoted explicitly to the examination of Ottoman/Turkish-inspired architecture in Western Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Nebahat Avcioglu rethinks the question of cultural frontiers not as separations but as a rapport of heterogeneities. Reclaiming turquerie as cross-cultural art from the confines of the inconsequential exoticism it is often... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Part I The Kiosk: The sense of power and the image of the Ottomans; Exoticism and the politics of the Other within. Part II The Mosque: Describing empire: nature, culture and the exotic. Part III The Hammam: Utilitarian architecture, philanthropy and orientalism. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Nebahat Avcioglu is Research Coordinator at Reid Hall, Columbia University Global Center, and Lecturer at Sciences-Po, in Paris, France.

Winner, CAA Millard Meiss Publication Fund Grant

'I can say without reservation that I believe this work has the potential to change business as usual in art history.' Mary Sheriff, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA

'... a consistent strength of the book is that Avcioglu presents her arguments and methodology so lucidly.' Art History

'Today, as Islam and its visual signs - whether discussed through minarets in Switzerland or veils in France - remain an important trope in considering the Islamic other as a means of defining the European self, Avcioglu’s work provides a brilliantly considered exploration of the vicissitudes of meaning long invested in European architectural and visual signs of alterity.' International Journal of Islamic Architecture

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