The myth of the Orient
Subtitle: architecture and ornament in the age of Orientalism
By: Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga (eds.)
Contributors: Universität Zürich. Kunsthistorisches Institut; Stiftung Schloss Oberhofen
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bern
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9783034321075
Subjects: Congresses; Architecture; Islamic influences; Architectural Decoration and ornament; Schloss Oberhofen
Description: This volume presents the latest research on the Selamlik in Oberhofen Castle and on neo-Islamic architecture and ornamentation, with a special focus on Cairo as a privileged model for 19th-century Orientalism.

This volume commemorates the 160th anniversary of the Selamlik of Oberhofen Castle near Thun -- one of the most significant Swiss Orientalist interiors, designed by the Bernese architect Theodor Zeerleder (1820-1868) -- by presenting the latest research on the spectacular smoking room inspired by the luxurious reception halls in Cairo, which Zeerleder discovered during his travels to the East. At the same time, this collection of essays explores the significance of the famous city on the Nile as a privileged model for 19th century architecture and ornamentation, bringing together papers by Mercedes Volait (Paris), Romain Siegenfuhr (Paris), Richard Parisot (Besançon), Elke Pflugradt-Abdel Aziz (Düsseldorf), Tarek Ibrahim (Berlin), Vincenza Garofalo (Palermo), Andrea Lermer (München), Rémi Labrusse (Paris), Ariane Varela Braga (Zürich), Leïla el-Wakil (Genève), Francine Giese (Zürich) and Annette Loeffel (Bern) -- Back cover.
Notes: Papers originally presented at an international congress held on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the Selamlik of Oberhofen Castle and sponsored by the Institute of Art History of the Unviersity of Zurich in collaboration with the Oberhofen Castle Foundation, and held on June 13, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Myth of the Orient / Francine Giese and Ariane Varela Braga; title: Section I. Oriental Visions. Figuration et fortune artistique des intérieurs du Caire au XIXe siècle / Mercedes Volait ; Les photographies du Caire peintes par Willem de Famars Testas / Romain Sioegenfuhr ; Architecture(s) du Caire au prisme des récits de voyageuses germanophones au XIXe siècle / Richard Parisot; title: Section II. Architecture; title: Cairo. Carl von Diebitsch (1819-1869) : Moorish Style as State-of-the-art Architecture in 19th-century Cairo / Elke Pflugradt-Abdel Aziz ; Johann Adam Rennebaum and the Architecture of Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo / Tarek Ibrahim; title: Section III. Architecture; title: Transmission.  Mamluk Reproductions : Survey and Analysis of Tombs in the Cemetery of Sant'Orsola in Palermo / Vincenza Garofalo ; Von Kairo nach Dresden : zu den islamischen Vorbildern der Tabak- und Cigarettenfabrik Yenidze, ihrer medialen Vermittlung und formalen Adaption / Andrea Lermer; title: Section IV: Ornament. Tectonique islamique : un paradigme pour penser l'ornement au XIXe siècle / Rémi Labrusse ; Owen Jones and the Oriental Perspective / Ariane Varela Braga ; La Banque Misr du Caire : Antonio Lasciac, les dećorateurs italiens et le "style arabe" / Leïla El-Wakil; title: Section V. Selamik. The Oberhofen Selamlik; title: a Cairene manḍara made in Switzerland / Francine Giese; title: Restaurierung des Selamlik im Schloss Oberhofen 2010-2013 / Annette Loeffel.