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Orientalism


 
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Analyze the Western gaze upon the East. These images reflect a complex history of exoticism, colonialism, and romanticized narratives constructed through the 19th-century lens.

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Deconstruct the Gaze.

Contents

Introduction
1Orientalism
2Odalisques
3Egypt: Climbing the Pyramids
4Daguerreotypes: Egypt
Travellers
5Clara Whitcomb`s diary: Egypt and the Levant (1898-1899)
Photographers of monuments
6Félix Teynard: Egypt and Nubia
7John Beasly Greene: Le Nil (1854)
8Francis Bedford: The Prince of Wales and his trip to the East - Egypt (1862)
9William de Wiveleslie Abney: Thebes and its Five Greater Temples (1876)
10Frank Mason Good: Good's Eastern Series
Photographers of people
11Roger Fenton: Oriental series
12W. Hammerschmidt: Portraits
13Lehnert & Landrock: Portraits
Studio props
14Mummies and Sphinxes as foreground props
Cultural diversity
15Icons of the South - Portraits of Ouleds-Nails (Algeria 1860-1910)

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