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1 “Orientalism” European depictions of the Arab-Muslim world

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

3 Modern Western Stereotypes: seclusion & seduction

4 Orientalist Paintings 19th & early 20th centuries

5 Bridgeman, Harem Fountain

6 Bridgeman, Harem Boats

7 Giraud, Interior of the Harem

8 Bouchard, Almees (entertainers)

9 Dicksee, Cleopatra

10 Collier, Pharoah’s Handmaidens

11 Delacroix, Algerian Women

12 Delacroix, Odalisque (concubine)

13 Renoir, Odalisque

14 Matisse, Odalisque

15 Ingres, Turkish Bath

16 Ingres, Grand Odalisque

17 Falero, Enchantress

18 Weiz, Odalisque

19 Gerome, The Great Bath

20 Gerome, Bath

21 Ponsan, Massage

22 Long, Love’s Labor Lost

23 Cormon, Jealousy in the Seraglio

24 Gerome, Slave Market

25 Gerome, Slave Auction

26 Giraud, New Slave

27 Rosati, Dancing Girl

28 Marinelli, Dance of the Bee in the Harem

29 Alloula: The Colonial Harem French-made postcards from early 20th century Algeria

30 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.

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42 Wafah Dufour Bin Laden’s neice GQ 2006


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