Analysis Of The La Grande Odalisque

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The La Grande Odalisque, a painting by Jean-Auguste Ingres (1780-1867), is the rendering of oriental woman of a luxurious harem by the French artist, however this artwork also conveys how the western world viewed the east, as well depicts the splendors Europeans is invested in and how this rendition and other related works evolved the current viewing of how society sees the Middle East. Per Jennifer Meagher, Department of European Painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, beforehand, the French had minimal communication with the Middle East other than little trading but prior to the nineteenth-century artist; like Bellini, of the Renaissance and Baroque had people in Middle Eastern dress and the French Rococo aesthetic related …show more content…

Designers fo the Europe tried to recreate the detailed articulation of Chinese ceramics with little success. The British, Danish, Dutch and French East India Companies, tried to recreate the style with no huge success, per Donald K. David S. authors of, The Eastern Carpet in the Western World from the 15th to the 17th Century The heavy drapery and architecture distinguished in the painting were sought after by elite of Europe specifically the motifs, furniture, and textiles. The architecture is vague in the Odalisque but the textiles are heavily prominent, as heavily saturated blue, decorative velvet which was a cloth that commandeered by the royals and that was wanted by the middle class of …show more content…

This leading to the east to Occidentalism, the negative, positive and/ or stereotypical perspective of the west by Eastern societies. After World War II, the English language and subject manner were found in Asian culture, specifically Japan, which has incorporated such themes in multi-genre based cartoons called animes. However, a huge margin of people from countries such as Iraq finds the west overbearing and power hungry. (Said, Orientalism,1978) La Grande de Odalisque is not just a nude woman in a harem but a symbolic token. A token Europe’s perception of the middle east and the regions bounties, endless woman, articulated textiles, French colonialism and a man nice desire.” orients are, progressing the people to want to help “civilize” the people, but true intentions were infiltrated the abundant

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