Voyages & Visions: Nineteenth-Century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Eighty-two watercolors and drawings selected from the extensive Searight Collection in London present a variety of 19th-century artists' encounters with the diverse cultures and dramatic lands of the fabled Ottoman Empire. Complementing the artworks are essays by experts in Middle Eastern studies elucidating the exchange of ideas and influences between East and West. 9x11.5" Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.