By the light of the crescent moon
Subtitle: images of the Near East in Danish art and literature, 1800-1875
By: Birgitte von Folsach ; [English translation, Henrik Rosenmeier]
Contributors: C. L. Davids fond og samling
Publisher: David Collection
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Copenhagen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9788789384399
Subjects: Danish Art; Exhibitions; Islamic influences; Exoticism in art; Danish literature; Modern Art; Art danois; Expositions; Influence islamique; Exotisme dans l'art; Littérature danoise; Art; 20.21 iconographic themes; 18.20 Danish literature; Letterkunde; Deens; Beeldende kunsten; Oriëntalisme; Catalogues d'exposition; Exotisme; Dans l'art
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at the David Collection, one of a trilogy of exhibitions about Islam to be held at the National Museum, the Prehistoric Museum Moesgård and the David Collection in 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-135).
Table of contents: title: Dawning European fascination with the Orient; title: Relations with the Near East in the eighteenth century; title: International Orientalism; title: The Danish view of the Near East in the nineteenth century; title: Sober and analytical rendition; title: Romantic and fabulating rendition; title: Reality perceived by a romantic artistic temperament.