Ottoman Dress and Design in the West : A Visual History of Cultural Exchange.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (459 pages)
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: The World-Historical Importance of the Ottoman Empire -- Preface: Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1 Before the Ottoman Era, East and West -- 2 The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Emergence of the Ottomans -- 3 The Sixteenth Century: Reaching for the East -- 4 The Seventeenth Century: Shifting Power, Emerging Modernities -- 5 The Eighteenth Century: An Expanding World -- 6 The Nineteenth Century: Empires Bloom and Fade -- Postscript: The Decline of Empire and the Rise of Globalism -- Glossary -- Index.
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West provides a richly-illustrated exploration of the ongoing relationship between West and Near East in the visual culture of dress from the dawn of Islam through the end of the twentieth century.