Of all the customs and traditions concerning the lives of oriental women, the harem is probably the most familiar and least understood in the West. Travelling artists, writers and poets let their imagination run unbridled upon this theme. To such an extent that in all the paintings from the early 18th century to the 1940s, reality and imagination are closely intermingled. Beyond the theme of odalisques and almahs, this volume reflects upon the small pleasures of daily life, family and women's work. Over one hundred-and-fifty Orientalist painters, both prestigious and less known, are brought together in this book as individual monographs.
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This is a fantastic book with lots of great pictures(many full page). Of course like almost all orientalist art most of the pictures are not accurate representations of the peoples activities but the book is great for studying fashion, jewelry and architecture of that time in the Middle East(mainly late 1800's and early 1900's). The price for this book is phenomenally low for the quality of book you get. There are so many beautiful pictures I haven't even gotten to the text yet.
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Although the size of this book is a bit bigger than a regular paperback, it has far more paintings of orientalist style of women than any other book i've seen; the reproductions are excellent and the smaller size (smaller than a regular art book) does not diminise the value. the organization by theme is nice too. this is essential for anyone interested in orientalist art or any artist who likes drawing the female form.
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- Lettres Persanes (French Edition) by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu on page 126
- Les Paradis artificiels (French Edition) by Charles Baudelaire on page 34
- Painting in Islam by T.W. Arnold on page 178
- The Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights (Signet classics) by Richard F. Burton on page 119
- The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead on page 22
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- Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule by Zeynep Çelik in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation (Gender, Racism, Ethnicity Series) by Reina Lewis on page 125, page 225, and Back Matter
- Fictions and Fakes: Forging Romantic Authenticity, 1760-1845 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism) by Margaret Russett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Society and Economy in Egypt and the Levant in the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries: Essays in Honor of Andre Raymond by Raouf Abbas in Back Matter
- The Ottomans: Dissolving Images by Andrew Wheatcroft in Back Matter
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