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Item Number: 126126
Title: Heritage of Art Diplomacy : Memoirs of an Ambassador
Author: Nefedova, Olga (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788857218434
Description: Milan: Skira, 2013. 29cm., hardcover, 160pp., 150 color illus. English text. Exhibition held at Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. Summary: The volume presents for the first time four seventeenth-century paintings commissioned by the Habsburg ambassador Hans-Ludwig von Kuefstein after his diplomatic mission to Istanbul, accompanied by twelve gouache works from a collection in Austria. In spite of its diplomatic and political success in the Ottoman–Habsburg relations, Kuefstein’s embassy is remembered first of all for its artistic legacy documented by the ambassador’s diary, the draft of a final report to the Emperor, diplomatic correspondence, a list of gifts presented and received, and last but not least, a series of gouachesmade in Istanbul and the four oil paintings that illustrate various aspects of seventeenth-century Ottoman life, providing at the same time a detailed account of the ambassador’s mission. The Orientalist Museum of Qatar curatorial and conservation departments, with the assistance of external scientific experts, have embarked upon a collaborative project to provide new insights into the history of the Ottoman–Habsburg relations. This volume is the culmination of two years’ restoration and research work aimed to provide a better understanding of this cultural heritage and its aesthetic and historical significance.
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