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Heritage of Art Diplomacy - Memoirs of an Ambassador (Hardcover)
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Heritage of Art Diplomacy - Memoirs of an Ambassador (Hardcover)
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The volume presents for the first time four seventeenth-century
paintings commissioned by the Habsburg Ambassador Hans-Ludwig von
Kuefstein after his diplomatic mission to Istanbul, accompanied by
twelve gouache works from a collection in Austria. In spite of its
diplomatic and political success in the Ottoman-Habsburg relations,
the Kuefste in's embassy is remembered first of all for its
artistic legacy documented by the ambassador's diary, the draft of
a final report to the Emperor, diplomatic correspondence, a list of
gifts presented and received, and last but not least, a series of
gouaches, executed in Istanbul, and a series of oil paintings -
which serve to illustrate various aspects of seventeenth-century
Ottoman life, and provide a detailed account of the ambassador's
mission. The Orientalist Museum of Qatar curatorial and
conservation departments, with the assistance of external
scientific experts, have embarked upon a collaborative project to
provide new insights in to the history of the Ottoman-Habsburg
relations. The result is the exhibition and the volume Heritage of
Art Diplomacy: Memoirs of an Ambassador- the culmination of two
years' restoration and research work aimed to provide a better
understanding of the cultural heritage in respect to its aesthetic
and historic significance and its physical integrity .
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