Tag: GEORGES WASHINGTON
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22 Orientalist Paintings, with foot notes, #6
The Orient—including present-day Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, and North Africa—exerted its allure on the Western artist’s imagination centuries prior to the turn of the nineteenth century… Please follow link for full post
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01 Orientalist Painting, Georges Washington’s A Mounted Warrior, with footnotes #110
Sold for 75,600 GBP in March 2022 Historically, cavalry soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, screening, and skirmishing in many armies, or as heavy cavalry for decisive shock attacks in other armies. More on A Mounted WorriorGeorge…
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20 Paintings by 19th Century Swiss, German and French Orientalist Artists, with foot notes #6
Sultan Mohammed II, famous conqueror who besieged and captured Constantinople in 1453, was an avid collector of works of art. He brought the famous Venetian painter Gentile Bellini (circa 1429–1507) in Constantinople, on the occasion of the peace agreements signed between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire in 1479. On that occasion, the…
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22 Works by Orientalist Artists, Eugène Delacroix, Antoine-Jean Gros, Benjamin-Constant, Emile Lecomte-Vernet, Charles Wilda, Leopold Carl Müller, Jean-Léon Gérôme, John Frederick Lewis…, with footnotes
Alfred Dehodencq (23 April 1822–2 January 1882) was a mid-19th-century French Orientalist painter born in Paris. He was known for his vivid oil paintings, especially of Andalusian and North African scenes. Dehodencq was born in Paris. During his early years, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. During the French Revolution of 1848 he…
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22 Works by Orientalist Artists
Alfred Dehodencq (23 April 1822–2 January 1882) was a mid-19th-century French Orientalist painter born in Paris. He was known for his vivid oil paintings, especially of Andalusian and North African scenes. Dehodencq was born in Paris. During his early years, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. During the French Revolution of 1848 he…
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07 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, #11
Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and “Turks” can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A…
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07 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists of the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, #11
Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and “Turks” can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A…
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Georges Washington, FORDING THE WADI 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 70
Wadi is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a dry riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. George Washington, born 15 September 1827 in Marseille and died November 19, 1901 in Douarnenez, was a French Orientalist painter. Like most aspiring artists, the young Georges Washington moved…
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07 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 11
Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and “Turks” can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A creative…
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