
Turquerie: An Eighteenth-Century European Fantasy
Turquerie: An Eighteenth-Century European Fantasy by Hayden Williams, Thames & Hudson, hardcover, 11 November 2014. Painstakingly researched from many sources, this is the first book to look at the artistic phenomenon known as turquerie. At the end of the 17th century, the long-standing fear of the Turk in Europe was gradually replaced by fascination. Travellers… Read more »