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Exhibition: France, Suède and the Ottoman Empire: artistic alliances
Culture · Sunday, September 20 · 12:00 · Paris
Institut Suédois, 11, rue Payenne
Free
At the beginning of the 18th century, France, Sweden and the Ottoman Empire forge a network of alliances where diplomacy paves the way for the imagination. Through paintings, drawings, prints and watercolors, the exhibition explores these artistic and cultural circulations. In the 18th century, relations between the Occident and the Orient soften after long centuries marked by armed conflicts. France, Sweden and the Ottoman Empire ally against common enemies Russia and Austria. Diplomatic exchanges take shape, permanent embassies are established and travel becomes…
