Title: By the light of the crescent moon : images of the Near East in Danish art and literature, 1800-1875 /
Authors: Folsach, Birgitte von.; C. L. Davids fond og samling.; Nationalmuseet (Denmark); Aarhus museum.
Publisher: David Collection,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Art, Danish Islamic influences Exhibitions.; Exoticism in art Exhibitions.; Danish literature Islamic influences Exhibitions.; Art, Danish Exhibitions.; Art, Modern Denmark Exhibitions.; Art, Danish Exhibitions.; Art, Modern Denmark Exhibitions.; Art, Modern Exhibitions
Contents: Dawning European fascination with the Orient -- Relations with the Near East in the eighteenth century -- International Orientalism -- The Danish view of the Near East in the nineteenth century -- Sober and analytical rendition -- Romantic and fabulating rendition -- Reality perceived by a romantic artistic temperament.