{"product_id":"piotr-uklanski-ottomania-9780988469136","title":"Piotr Uklanski: Ottomania","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaxonomies of Orientalism in art, from Piotr Uklanski\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated Polish-born artist Piotr Uklanski (born 1968) established himself in the mid-1990s with a diverse body of work examining the ever-changing relationship between identity, history and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContinuing this investigation, Uklanski's new book, \u003ci\u003eOttomania\u003c\/i\u003e, traces the phenomenon of Orientalist portraiture over the past 500 years. This book contains over 200 paintings, drawings, prints and photography--images of men in turbans, theatrically embellished masculine dress, richly decorated fabrics, the codification of facial hair and the romantic settings of Ottoman or Persian court life--from Rembrandt, Zurbar n, Liotard, Tiepolo, Rubens, Delacroix, Schiele, Matisse, Picasso, de Chirico, Dal , Balthus and Leonor Fini. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUklanski orders the works roughly by theme, demonstrating how Western artists exploited key Orientalist signifiers, in dress, setting and pose, in order to portray their sitters--men, women and children--as worldly, romantic and in other ways exotic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bywater Bros Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988469136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 8.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Piotr Uklanski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470474858677,"sku":"9780988469136","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d8b166c9-26cf-46ee-adfb-fc1d7a434c1b.jpg?v=1612925553","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/piotr-uklanski-ottomania-9780988469136","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}