Turquerie : Une Fantaisie Européenne Du Xviiie Siècle

In the eighteenth century, the European fascination with the Ottoman world led to the development of an aesthetic phenomenon, turquerie, which expressed the vision of a fantasized Orient.

Based on an in-depth examination of painting, architecture, interior decoration and theatre, this book offers an analysis of this extravagant 18th-century European fantasy, which continues to seduce amateurs and collectors.