“JERUSALEM” IN THE ENGRAVINGS OF 19TH CENTURY BRITISH TRAVELER-ARTISTS


Having been a source of interest and curiosity for Westerners since the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire became a popular destination for Western travelers, particularly as a consequence of the events taking place in the late 18th century and in the 19th century such as French Revolution, Romanticism, Orientalism and the development of Archeology science. The pictures drawn, the notes taken, the diaries kept, and the letters written during these trips to major centers in the four directions of the empire, particularly Istanbul, were published as albums or travel books after the travelers returned to their countries. Being regarded as sacred for the three divine religions, Jerusalem is beyond question the most important of these centers. Among the Christian artists who travelled to the East and visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land, there were primarily the British. The British, including W. H. Bartlett, D. Roberts, T. Allom, J. D. Woodward, aimed to introduce this Holy City to the western people via the pictures they drawn about Jerusalem and the engravings converted from the pictures later. This study is on the engravings about Jerusalem. In this study, the perspectives of British artists on Jerusalem and how they reflect the city in their engravings were discussed.


Keywords


Jerusalem, Engraving, Orientalist Painting, The Holy Land

Author : Eylem GÜZEL -Necla ARSLAN SEVİN
Number of pages: 3131-3155
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.39680
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