Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga (eds.)

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This volume commemorates the 160th anniversary of the Selamlik of Oberhofen Castle near Thun – one of the most significant Swiss Orien-talist interiors, designed by the Bernese architect Theodor Zeerleder (1820–1868) – by presenting the latest research on the spectacu-lar smoking room inspired by the luxurious reception halls in Cairo, which Zeerleder discovered during his travels to the East. At the same time, this collection of essays explores the significance of the famous city on the Nile as a privileged model for 19th century archi-tecture and ornamentation, bringing together papers by Mercedes Volait (Paris), Romain Siegenfuhr (Paris), Richard Parisot (Besançon), Elke Pflugradt-Abdel Aziz (Düsseldorf), Tarek Ibrahim (Berlin), Vincenza Garofalo (Palermo), Andrea Lermer (München), Rémi Labrusse (Paris), Ariane Varela Braga (Zürich), Leïla el-Wakil (Genève), Francine Giese (Zürich) and Annette Loeffel (Bern).

Francine Giese is SNSF professor at the University of Zurich. Her PhD thesis and habilitation dealt with different aspects of Islamic archi-tecture and its preservation. Her research interests are Islamic art and architecture, cross-cultural exchanges in the Middle Ages and the appropriation of Islamic aesthetics in the West. Current projects: Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe / The Orient in Switzerland.

Ariane Varela Braga is SNSF assistant and post-doc researcher at the University of Zurich, in the project “Mudejarismo and Moorish Re-vival in Europe”, directed by F. Giese. Her PhD thesis examined the genesis and theory of Owen Jones’ Grammar of Ornament. She has taught at John Cabot University and has been a fellow of the Swiss Institute in Rome.

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Francine Giese, Ariane Varela Braga (eds.)

THE MYTH OF THE ORIENT

ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT

IN THE AGE OF ORIENTALISM

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The Oberhofen conference and proceedings were conceived within the framework of the SNSF-project Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe. The editors are grateful to Nadja Koch for her precious help, especially in the final stages of the preparation of this volume, as well as to Christian Schweizer and Helena Lahoz Kopiske for their collaboration.

This publication has been made possible thanks to the support from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Georges-Bloch-Fonds.

Front cover illustration: Theodor Zeerleder, Hälfte des Thürflügels der Hauptthüre eines Prachtzimmers, Kairo, January-March 1848 (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Gr. B. 1040).

Back cover illustration: Theodor Zeerleder, Oberhofen Castle, Selamlik, Oberhofen, ca. 1854 (Burgerbibliothek Bern, Gr. B. 1199).

Contents

Francine Giese and ariane Varela BraGa

The Myth of the Orient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Section I: Oriental Visions

Mercedes Volait

Figuration et fortune artistique des intérieurs du Caire au XIXe siècle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

roMain sieGenFuhr

Les photographies du Caire peintes par Willem de Famars Testas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

richard Parisot Architecture(s) du Caire au prisme des récits de voyageuses germanophones au XIXe siècle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Section II: Architecture – Cairo

elke PFluGradt-aBdel aziz

Carl von Diebitsch (1819-1869): Moorish Style as State-of-the-art Architecture in 19th-century Cairo . . . . . . . . . . 61

tarek iBrahiM

Johann Adam Rennebaum and the Architecture of Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

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Section III: Architecture – Transmission

Vincenza GaroFalo

Mamluk Reproductions: Survey and Analysis of Tombs in the Cemetery of Sant’Orsola in Palermo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

andrea lerMer

Von Kairo nach Dresden: Zu den islamischen Vorbildern der Tabak- und Cigarettenfabrik Yenidze, ihrer medialen Vermittlung und formalen Adaption . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Section IV: Ornament

réMi laBrusse

Tectonique islamique : un paradigme pour penser l’ornement au XIXe siècle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

ariane Varela BraGa

Owen Jones and the Oriental Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

leïla el-Wakil

La Banque Misr du Caire : Antonio Lasciac, les décorateurs italiens et le « style arabe » . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Section V: Selamlik

Francine Giese

The Oberhofen Selamlik – a Cairene mand. ara made in Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

annette loeFFel

Restaurierung des Selamlik im Schloss Oberhofen 2010-2013 . . . . 199

Abstracts and Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

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