Sanatta Bati�ya acilis ve Osman Hamdi. Tapa dura - 1995

Istanbul: Erol Kerim Aksoy Kultur, 1995. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. This is volume 2 only of this two volume set. Text in Turkish. Illustrated with color plates, black & white facsimiles of documents, photographs, etc. Osman Hamdi Bey (1842- 1910) was an Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering painter. In addition he was an accomplished archaeologist, and is regarded as the pioneer of the museum curator's profession in Turkey. He was the founder of Istanbul Archaeology Museums and of Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. 12" high X 9" wide. Volume 2 only. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.