Orientalism is a Western cultural movement climaxing in the nineteenth century but with origins in the ancient and medieval worlds, and with a continuing influence today. Much of Orientalist art depicts idealised or even fictional versions of the East (ie Asia and North Africa) although it is based on real observations of these cultures. Orientalism is especially well represented in nineteenth ... [MORE] Middle Eastern Dance (2) 1. Alexandre Roubtzoff - Presentation of the life and work of the Russian-French Painter Alexandre Roubtzoff. (Mostly in French.) 2. Bezalel-Levy Editions - collaboration of painting and photography by a husband and wife collaboration. Themes include Middle Eastern architecture, Judaica, and landscape. 3. Orientalist Art of the Nineteenth Century - A century of European painters recording and interpreting the Near and Middle East. 4. Orientalist Painting - Images of paintings of famous Orientalist artists. 5. Orientalists and Ghadir Khumm - discussing Orientalists' understanding of the Sunni and Shia traditions in Islam. 6. The Dahesh Museum of Art - The only museum in America dedicated to collecting and exhibiting 19th- and early 20th-century European academic art. The basis of the Museum is an extensive art collection acquired by the Lebanese writer and philosopher Dr. Dahesh (1909-1984.) 7. William Holman Hunt's Oriental Mania and his Uffizi self portrait - George P. Landow's essay, originally from The Art Bulletin, 1982. 8. Orientalists and the Middle East - Bob Speel's page discussing Orientalist painting

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