“Orientalism”

European depictions of the Arab-Muslim world

Modern Western stereotypes:lovers (pre-’67) & tyrants (post-’67)

Modern Western Stereotypes:seclusion & seduction

Orientalist Paintings19th & early 20th centuries

Bridgeman, Harem Fountain

Bridgeman, Harem Boats

Giraud, Interior of the Harem

Bouchard, Almees

(entertainers)

Dicksee, Cleopatra

Collier,Pharoah’s

Handmaidens

Delacroix, Algerian Women

Delacroix, Odalisque

(concubine)

Renoir, Odalisque

Matisse, Odalisque

Ingres, Turkish Bath

Ingres, Grand Odalisque

Falero,Enchantress

Weiz, Odalisque

Gerome, The Great Bath

Gerome,Bath

Ponsan, Massage

Long, Love’s Labor Lost

Cormon, Jealousy in the Seraglio

Gerome, Slave Market

Gerome, Slave Auction

Giraud, New Slave

Rosati, Dancing Girl

Marinelli, Dance of the Bee in the Harem

Alloula: The Colonial Harem

French-made postcards from early 20th century Algeria

The series of popular postcards begins with photos of veiled women outdoors, then peers into houses through windows, and then “reveals” life in the harem – the photographers using prostitutes as their models.

Today?

Wafah Dufour

Bin Laden’s neice

GQ 2006