Female Representations That Mediated the Formation of the Image of the \"East\" in Western Painting
15 Aug 2026

Female Representations That Mediated the Formation of the Image of the \"East\" in Western Painting

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Meryem Uzunoğlu , 2017 Sanat Dünyası 129 Views

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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Orientalism, Postcolonialism and Art
12 Aug 2026

Orientalism, Postcolonialism and Art

Yunus KAYA Sanatsal Süreç 126 Views

The West never looked at the East from the East itself. Ingres never went to a bathhouse, Gérôme never entered a harem, but both depicted those places in their paintings as if they were real for centuries. As is clearly seen in these two articles by Uzunoğlu and Kaya, Orientalism was not a matter of geography, but the imposition of a perspective.

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