Tag: Gustav Bauernfeind
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01 Orientalist Painting, Gustav Bauernfeind’ Recruiting of Turkish Soldiers in Palestine, with footnotes, #117
These actual events inspired Baurnfeind’s painting the present picture, a panoramic scene that extends from the closely observed crumbling seawall at left to the ocean vista on the right, anchored in the middle by a trading ship whose sail is emblazoned with the Islamic crescent. On the seawall, Ottoman officers in modern uniform meet with…
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02 Paintings by Orientalist Artists, Gustav Bauernfeind’s Jaffa, with footnotes, #97
Jaffa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Palestine. Jaffa is known for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of Andromeda and Perseus, and later for its oranges… Please follow link for full post
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08 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 18
Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter,1844 – 1913 Scheherazade Oil on canvas Height: 151 cm (59.45 in.), Width: 211.5 cm (83.27 in.) Private collection Scheherazade is a character and the storyteller in One Thousand and One Nights. This book includes the tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba and many more. The story goes that Shahryar found out one day…