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Brussels exhibition highlights Ottoman influence | euronews, le mag

Brussels exhibition highlights Ottoman influence

04/03 10:21 CET

A new exhibition in Belgium aims to highlight the influence of Ottoman culture on western artists.

“The Sultan’s World: The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art” has opened at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts.

The exhibition looks at Ottoman influences on artists such as Gentile Bellini, Albrecht Durer, Hans Memling and Jacopo Tintoretto – who were inspired by the culture and the pomp of sultan life.

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