I bought this book last week…the price was reduced to very low. I needed it as a reference book for my kids…bought it as a historical reference rather than for its arty craftyness. But yeah…what a delight this book is!
A Journey into the World of the Ottomans: The Art of Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737)
Jean-Baptiste Vanmour was one of the most important orientalist artist: this publication is the most comprehensive survey of his works. Orientalism can be defined as a historical and cultural event, which has been uniting various aspects of cultural life for a number of centuries literature, fine arts, architecture, music and philosophy. A vision of the East positive or negative based on imagination or historic facts, it has generated an exotic image in our consciousness, which has its own right to existence. The Franco-Flemish artist Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737) was the art-biographer of the XVIII century Ottoman Empire. He left a very important legacy pictorial evidences which can be considered as historical illustrations of all the aspects of XVIII century Ottoman life: from diplomatic ceremonies in the Ottoman court to everyday events of Istanbul multinational society.
After reading so many psycho terms like ‘delusion’ on GS, this time while visiting Mr Old Book Shop collection, I bought two books by Rajendra Persaud:
after buying those books (which the shop-owner said can be exchanged with other books upto half price), when I googled about the writer, I found:
I bought two books of Enid Blyton…The Wishing Chair Collection and The Chimney Corner People…for my kids of course. Loved the new colourful glittery cover.
Elif Shafak is gaining popularity in Pakistan. Her book 'The forty rules of Love also got translated in Urdu. The English version is out of stock from Liberty and today I got a chance to get a pirated copy from Frere Hall (Sunday Book Baza)
