Tag: Marià Fortuny
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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, Marià Fortuny’s Odalisque, with footnotes # 54
An odalisque (Turkish: Odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. An odalık was not a concubine of the harem, but a maid, although it was possible that she could become one. An odalık was ranked at the bottom of the…
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Marià Fortuny, The Odalisque 01 Works & Movie, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 29
An odalisque (Turkish: Odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. An odalık was not a concubine of the harem, but a maid, although it was possible that she could become one. An odalık was ranked at the bottom of the…