Friday, April 5, 2013 at 4:30pm to 5:45pm
Allen Memorial Art Building, Classroom 1
87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
Walter Denny, professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will present "Ottoman Turkish Art and the West: Six Centuries of Admiration, Envy, and Acquisition."
A discussion of the export of Ottoman artistic goods to Europe, the collecting of Ottoman art in the West, the emulation of Ottoman techniques and styles, and the contemporary issues surrounding works of Ottoman art in European and American museums.
Sponsored by the Mead Swing Lecture Series, Comparative Muslim Cultures and Civilizations and the Art department
Free
Jamie Jacobs
440-775-8181
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