Plundered Empire: Acquiring Antiquities from Ottoman Lands
- ISBN-10
- 900440547X
- ISBN-13
- 9789004405479
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 696
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-07-01
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Michael Greenhalgh
Description
Providing extensive documentation, the book examines the mechanics, trials and tribulations of plundering the Ottoman East for private and public collections in Europe. It helps document the continuing debate about the ethics of museum collections.
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