The allure of the ancient : receptions of the ancient Middle East, ca. 1600-1800 / edited by Margaret Geoga, John Steele. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] - xv, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, volume 80 1568-1181 ; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Allure of the Ancient investigates how the ancient Middle East was imagined and appropriated for artistic, scholarly, and political purposes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Bringing together scholars of the ancient and early modern worlds, the volume approaches reception history from an interdisciplinary perspective, asking how early modern artists and scholars interpreted ancient Middle Eastern civilizations-such as Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia-and how their interpretations were shaped by early modern contexts and concerns.

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Middle Easterners--Public opinion.
East and West.


EUROPE--Civilization--Middle Eastern influences.
EUROPE--Civilization--17th century.
EUROPE--Civilization--18th century.
EUROPE--Intellectual life--17th century.
EUROPE--Intellectual life--18th century.
Middle East--In literature.

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