“Barbarous Magnificence in Glass Cases”: The Imperial Treasury and Ottoman Self-Display at the Topkapı Palace
The Topkapı Palace and its treasures had long been a point of curiosity for Europeans, and when the doors of the Imperial Treasury finally opened for them in the mid-nineteenth century, the visitors—charged with Orientalist preconceptions—oscillate between admiration and disappointment. Capitalizing...
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Year: 2022, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 153-192 |
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B Abdülhamid II B Travelers B Topkapı Palace B Imperial Treasury B Orientalism B Ottoman Empire B Display |
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