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Orientalism

c. 1800 – 1900

European painters' depictions of North Africa and the Middle East, ranging from ethnographic detail to romanticised fantasy, fuelled by colonial-era travel.

Artists3 in this atlas
Works15 in this atlas
Artists in this movement
ÉÉtienne DinetMMarià FortunyJJean-Léon Gérôme
Artworks in this movement
artwork
Arab Women Walking
Étienne Dinet
Petit Palais
artwork
The Spanish Wedding
Marià Fortuny
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
artwork
The Odalisque
Marià Fortuny
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
artwork
La Batalla de Tetuan
Marià Fortuny
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
artwork
Phryne before the Areopagus
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Hamburger Kunsthalle
artwork
Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Musée d'Orsay
artwork
The Slave Market
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Clark Art Institute
artwork
Pollice Verso
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Phoenix Art Museum
artwork
Truth Coming Out of Her Well
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Musée Anne de Beaujeu
artwork
Prayer in the Mosque
Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
artwork
Jerusalem
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Musée d'Orsay
artwork
Slave Market in Rome
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Hermitage Museum
artwork
Pool in a Harem
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Hermitage Museum
artwork
The Execution of Marshal Ney
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Graves Art Gallery
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The Great Bath at Bursa
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Indianapolis Museum of Art