Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History – Volume 6 (2001)

Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History – Volume 6 (2001)

The SSAH annual journal is a leading Scottish periodical for the publication of new art historical research.

Volume 6 (2001), Orientalism, includes the following contents:

• Robert Hillenbrand - Introduction: The Orient of the imagination
• Sylvia Auld - The response to the arts of Islam in renaissance Florence and Venice
• Jennifer Scarce - Europeans in Turkish dress
• Patsy Campbell - Wilkie in Constantinople
• Ulrike Al-Khamis & Rose Watban - An Orientalist tile panel in the Royal Museum of Scotland
• Nick Pearce - Soldiers, doctors, engineers: Chinese art and British collecting, 1860–1935
• Patsy Campbell & Chris Claxton - Chinese works on paper from a nineteenth century decorative scheme at Pittendreich House, Lasswade
• Margaret MacDonald - James McNeill Whistler and Oriental art
• Akayo Ono - The Japanese subject matter of Mortimer Menpes and the influence of Whistler and Kawanabe Kyôsai on his work
• William Buchanan - The Asahi restored

About the Scottish Society for Art History

The SSAH was founded in 1984 to promote art history in Scotland. It is open to everyone interested in art, from those with a general interest to specialist scholars, students, teachers, curators, collectors and dealers.