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09/21/2019 - 01/15/2020
Institut du Monde Arabe
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, Place Mohammed V
75005 Paris
The Arab world, once called the "East", has long been perceived through the eyes of Western painters or traveller-photographers in search of exoticism. The clichés taken in the 19th century during their travels left their mark on Europeans who were discovering a dream world.
Institut du Monde Arabe
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, Place Mohammed V
75005 Paris
The Arab world, once called the "East", has long been perceived through the eyes of Western painters or traveller-photographers in search of exoticism. The clichés taken in the 19th century during their travels left their mark on Europeans who were discovering a dream world.