Orientalism (A Selection Of Classic Orientalist Paintings And Writings) (ShandonPress)

By William Beckford, Lord Byron, Théophile Gautier and 5 more

ShandonPress proudly presents the Orientalism compilation which regroups major orientalist works (both paintings and writings).

Orientalism is a term used by scholars in art history, literary, geography, and cultural studies for the depiction of Eastern, that is "Oriental" cultures, including Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures, done by writers, designers, and artists from the West. In particular, Orientalist painting depicting "the Middle East" was a genre of 19th-century Academic art. The literature of Western countries took a similar interest in Oriental themes.

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CONTENTS:

1. Paintings

1.1 Harems

1.1.A Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, The White Slave (1888)

1.1.B Fernand Cormon, The Deposed Favourite (1872)

1.1.C Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pool in a Harem (1876)

1.1.D Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque (1814)

1.1.E Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, with the assistance of his pupil Paul Flandrin, Odalisque with Slave (1839)

1.1.F Ferdinand Max Bredt, Turkish ladies (1893)

1.1.G Giulio Rosati, Inspection of New Arrivals, Circassian beauties being inspected

1.1.H John Frederick Lewis, The Reception (1873)

1.1.I Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Turkish Bath (1862)

1.2 Landscapes And Other Paintings

1.2.A Hermann Corrodi, A view of the tomb of the Caliphs with the pyramids of Giza beyond, Cairo

1.2.B Eugène Fromentin, Arabs (1871)

1.2.C Léon Belly, Pilgrims going to Mecca (1861)

1.2.D Vasily Vereshchagin, They are triumphant (1872)

1.2.E Anders Zorn, Man and boy in Algiers (1887)

1.2.F John Frederick Lewis, The midday meal, Cairo

1.2.G Giulio Rosati, The Discussion

2. Writings

2.1 Lord Byron - The Giaour (A Fragment Of A Turkish Tale)

2.2 William Beckford - The History Of Caliph Vathek

2.3 Pierre Benoit - Atlantida

2.4 Gustave Flaubert - Salammbô

2.5 Théophile Gautier - The Romance Of A Mummy

• Language: English
• Publisher: StreetLib
• Release date: Sep 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9788822848260

William Beckford

William Beckford (1760-1844) was an English novelist, art collector, slaveowner, and politician. Born in London, he inherited a massive fortune from his father, a former Lord Mayor of London, as well as an estate in Wiltshire and sugar plantations in Jamaica with around 3,000 African slaves. He lived in ease and luxury, studying music with Mozart and drawing with Alexander Cozens while leading a semi-open bisexual lifestyle. Inspired by a Grand Tour of Europe, Beckford published a travel narrative, Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents (1783). Several years later, he wrote Vathek (1786), a popular Gothic novel originally drafted in French. He earned a reputation as an obsessive art collector and eccentric builder, burning through his fortune at an alarming rate. Throughout his life, he owned and sold original works by Turner, Blake, Velázquez, Lippi, and the Bellini family.