Orientalist Architecture in Manhattan

Time travel to Nineveh

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Want to go back in time? Check out Austen Henry Layard's conception of what ancient Nineveh looked like http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword...

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The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery contains hundreds of free scans of John Roberts' lithographs from Egypt. Explore them for yourself at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=David+Roberts

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Take a trip to the Alhambra
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Can't make it to Spain any time soon? The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery has more than 100 images of the famed Alhambra, including several unique "stereograms" that produce a three-dimensional image. Check them out at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=Alhambra

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Time travel to Nineveh
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Want to go back in time? Check out Austen Henry Layard's conception of what ancient Nineveh looked like http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=Austen+Henry+Layard

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Ancient Egypt in technicolor
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See more stunningly colored images from the "Pantheon Egyptian" in The New York Public Library's digital gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=109762&imageID=39105&word=Pantheon%20Egyptien&s=1¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=90&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=13

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John M. Lundquist, curator of Asian and Middle Eastern Collections at the New York Public Library, teaches a seminar about Orientalist influences on the architecture of Manhattan. In this audio slideshow, derived from that seminar, he explores the history and influences for a range of buildings throughout the city.

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