The Myth of the Orient

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 (18201868) 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).

Autorentext

Francine Giese is SNSF professor at the University of Zurich. Her PhD thesis and habilitation dealt with different aspects of Islamic architecture and its preservation. Her research interests are Islamic art and architecture, cross-cultural exchanges in the Middle Ages and the appropriation of Islamic aesthetics in the West. Current projects: Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe / The Orient in Switzerland. Ariane Varela Braga is SNSF assistant and post-doc researcher at the University of Zurich, in the project "Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe", directed by F. Giese. Her PhD thesis examined the genesis and theory of Owen Jones Grammar of Ornament. She has taught at John Cabot University and has been a fellow of the Swiss Institute in Rome.

Klappentext

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).

Inhalt

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