Unprecedented in its range - extending from Venice to the New World and from the
Holy Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire - this collection is the first book in
English to probe the place that the Ottoman Turks occupied in the Western
imaginaire, and the ways in which this occupation expressed itself in the visual
arts. Individual essays in this volume examine specific images or groups of
images, problematizing the 'truths' they present and analyzing the contexts that
shape the presentation of Ottoman or Islamic subject matter in European art. The
contributors trace the transmission of early modern images and representations
across national boundaries and across