Istanbul’s Romanian Stones: Marcel Romanescu’s Travel Album (1932)
Istanbul’s Romanian Stones: Marcel Romanescu’s Travel Album (1932)
Author(s): Mihai-Cristian AmariuteiSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Architecture, Library and Information Science, Archiving, History of Art
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Istanbul; Marcel Romanescu; travelogue; photo album; Romanian monuments; cultural heritage; 1930s intellectual history
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines Marcel Romanescu’s 1932 photo album on the “Romanian” monuments of Istanbul, presented to the Romanian Academy with photographs by Jean Weinberg. Featuring samples of Fener and Balat architecture, as well as reproductions of several archival documents, it reflects a “national-minded” travelogue style. Compared with contemporary albums, Romanescu’s work blends historical documentation with literary sensibility, showing how Romanian intellectuals of the 1930s defined and engaged with Istanbul’s Romanian heritage.
Journal: Изкуствоведски четения
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 33-49
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
