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British and Ottoman art

Summary

Mary Roberts is the John Schaeffer Professor of Art History. She specializes in nineteenth-century British and Ottoman art with particular expertise in Orientalism, the history of artistic exchanges between the Ottoman Empire and Europe and the culture of travel. Her books include: Istanbul Exchanges. Ottomans, Orientalists and Nineteenth-century visual culture (University of California Press, 2015), Intimate Outsiders. The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature (Duke, 2007) and four co-edited books: The Poetics and Politics of Place. Ottoman Istanbul and British Orientalism (Pera Museum and University of Washington Press, 2011) Edges of Empire. Orientalism and Visual Culture (Blackwells, 2005), Orientalism’s Interlocutors, (Duke, 2002) and Refracting Vision. Essays on the Writings of Michael Fried (Power Publications, 2000/2012).

Supervisor

Professor Mary Roberts.

Research location

Art History and Film Studies, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)

Synopsis

Research interests

  • European, especially British, art of the Nineteenth Century
  • Gender, Orientalism, the history and culture of travel
  • Ottoman art in the Nineteenth Century and cultural exchange with European artists

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3073