Orientalism: A Selection Of Classic Orientalist Paintings And Writings (Golden Deer Classics)

Golden Deer Classicss proudly presents the Orientalism compilation which regroups major orientalist works. Orientalism is a term used by scholars in art history and literary studies for the depiction of Eastern, that is 'Oriental' cultures, including Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures, done by writers, designers, and artists from the West. In particular, Orientalist painting depicting 'the Middle East' was a genre of 19th-century Academic art. The literature of Western countries took a similar interest in Oriental themes. We hope you enjoy navigating through this ebook. We made sure to create active tables of contents in order to maximise your reading and viewing experience. CONTENTS:1. Paintings1.1 Harems1.1.A Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy, The White Slave (1888)1.1.B Fernand Cormon, The Deposed Favourite (1872)1.1.C Jean-Leon Gerome, Pool in a Harem (1876)1.1.D Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque (1814)1.1.E Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, with the assistance of his pupil Paul Flandrin, Odalisque with Slave (1839)1.1.F Ferdinand Max Bredt, Turkish ladies (1893)1.1.G Giulio Rosati, Inspection of New Arrivals, Circassian beauties being inspected1.1.H John Frederick Lewis, The Reception (1873)1.1.I Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Turkish Bath (1862)1.2 Landscapes And Other Paintings1.2.A Hermann Corrodi, A view of the tomb of the Caliphs with the pyramids of Giza beyond, Cairo1.2.B Eugene Fromentin, Arabs (1871)1.2.C Leon Belly, Pilgrims going to Mecca (1861)1.2.D Vasily Vereshchagin, They are triumphant (1872)1.2.E Anders Zorn, Man and boy in Algiers (1887)1.2.F John Frederick Lewis, The midday meal, Cairo1.2.G Giulio Rosati, The Discussion2. Writings2.1 Lord Byron - The Giaour (A Fragment Of A Turkish Tale)2.2 William Beckford - The History Of Caliph Vathek2.3 Pierre Benoit - Atlantida2.4 Gustave Flaubert - Salammbo2.5 Theophile Gautier - The Romance Of A Mummy