Orientalist paintings

Private moments such as worship are rare in Bridgman’s oeuvre, as he is better known for his scenes of modern daily life to which he turned in his later career. The Prayer is also distinguished by its rigorous, academic style of execution; painted when the artist was thirty, the influence of his teacher Jean-Léon Gerome is still strongly in evidence, in contrast to the more impressionistic technique he would adopt from the 1880s. #Art #Paintings

Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905), L’Orientale à la Grenade Adolphe William Bouguereau, La Marchande de Grenades

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Young girl in the hamam (1887) by Theodoros Ralli (1852-1909)

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 apprehension of a completely different world with its own laws, customs, special attitude towards life and death, love, feelings, and beauty. Wikipedia/Yana…

[Christie’s, London - Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 90.2 cm]