Female Representations That Mediated the Formation of the Image of the \"East\" in Western Painting
Within the repertoire of Orientalist paintings, harem life, which holds a magical mystery for Westerners, occupies an important place.\r\n\r\nThe formal origins of the exotic beauties in these paintings, set against an Eastern backdrop and wearing Eastern costumes,\r\n\r\nare based on the representations of Venus in the Western painting tradition.
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