Al-Fann fi Lubnan, Min al-Intidab ila al-Istiqlal (1920-1943).

الفن في لبنان, من الانتداب الفرنسي الى الاستقلال (1920-1943)
Author: Sultan, Maha Aziza.
مهى عزيزة سلطان
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Kutub Publishing

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1

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Arabic,

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H17017

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247 pp., Arabic text, profusely illustrated in b/w & colour illustrations, biblio., index, copy in mint condition. Exhibition catalogue. Art in Lebanon, from the French Mandate to Independence (1920-1943). Undoubtedly, the French Mandate (1920-1943) over Lebanon reopened the doors of the East to France, which prompted the arrival of groups of amateur and professional artists, engineers, tourists and intellectuals, including writers, archaeologists and diplomats. The prominent changes began to be reflected in the transfer of modern Parisian life to Beirut, which began to expand urbanly, so clubs and associations were established that took the initiative to organize art exhibitions under the patronage of the High Commissioners. The Union Francaise, the Saint George Hotel, and the Lebanese Parliament, in addition to Lebanon's participation in the colonial exhibitions of colonial artists that were held in the 1930s in Paris. This was accompanied by the appearance of artistic writings on newspaper columns, by writers, artists, journalists and poets, both French and Lebanese. At a time when "Greater Lebanon" was a project for the struggle between two identities: Phoenician and Arab, impressionism began to draw its paths towards discovering the beauty of nature in Lebanon, the land of roots, the crossroads of civilizations, and the link between East and West.

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