Odalisque, 1874
$515.00
A perfectly rendered, almost luminous nude woman reclines in a dimly lit interior filled with textiles, fruits, and luxury goods evocative of the Arab world. The painting’s setting and title allude to her being a courtesan in a harem. For 19th-century European artists, depicting the nude female form was a fundamental component of academic training and a benchmark of artistic excellence. The imagined harem setting – a space historically forbidden to men – lent a romantic and Orientalist narrative context to a scene that would have appealed to the sexual and colonialist fantasies of a European audience.
Description
Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo.
