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Orientalism (19th Century)

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Orientalism
Art-historical term applied to a category of subject-matter referring to the depiction of the Near East by Western artists, particularly in the 19th century. Images of the life, history and topography of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and sometimes modern Greece, the Crimea, Albania and the Sudan constitute the field of Orientalism. Although almost any biblical subject in Western art would rank as an Orientalist ... (view more)

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Artists Associated with Orientalism — 39 artists:

Thomas Allom Gustav Bauernfeind Leon Belly Alexandre Bida Miloud Boukerche Gustave Boulanger Frederic Arthur Bridgman Henriette Browne Theodore Chasseriau Edouard Debat-Ponsan Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps Alfred Dehodencq Eugene Delacroix Ludwig Deutsch Charles-Theodore Frere Eugene Fromentin Antoine Gadan Jean-Leon Gerome Eugene Alexis Girardet Frederick Goodall

Victor Huguet Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Charles Landelle John Frederick Lewis Prosper Marilhat Arthur Melville Alberto Pasini Emile Prangey Amedeo Preziosi Hovsep T Pushman Jean Andre Rixens David Roberts Henri-Emilien Rousseau John Singer Sargent Adolf Schreyer James Tissot Paul Desire Trouillebert Horace Vernet Edwin Lord Weeks

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