Published by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East on its 10th anniversary, this collection of 14 essays edited by Fortenberry (founding partner, Academy Projects
LLP, a British-based consulting firm "offering publication, conservation, interpretation and design services in relation to archaeological and historical projects") explores the responses of
Northern European and American artists, archaeologists, architects, photographers, town planners and others to the cultures and landscapes of the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East from
the 18th century to the early 21st century. Chapters discuss, among other topics, the importance of painters' contributions to archaeological knowledge, political influence in the choice of
artistic subjects, the recording and transmission through publication of the antiquities of Egypt and the Holy Places of Islam, and the contributions of Englishman Charles Ashbee to the
architecture of Jerusalem. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
