ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ODALISQUE
Via French, changed from Turkish ōdalik, from ōdah room + -lik n suffix.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ODALISQUE»
Discover the use of
odalisque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
odalisque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
But Ana, the odalisque, finds the closeted world of the harem stifling and unbearable.
Why are the cousins locked into this sexual feud? And what is the purpose of Jeanine's mysterious Confessor, and his sordid underground sect? THE PUBLISHERS RECOMMEND THAT THIS BOOK SHOULD BE SOLD ONLY TO ADULTS
Only the imagined hour / with which sheÕs made a fragile craft.Ó Vivid and charged with an inner light, these are poems that linger and expand in the mind and memory.
Carmen GimŽnez Smith,
2009
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Odalisque: The Baroque Cycle #3
In the wake of a power struggle between the throne-seeking Tories and Whigs in early eighteenth-century England, Daniel Waterhouse teams up with friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group headed by counterfeiter Jack the Coiner, who ...
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Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant ...
In this illuminating study, Mohja Kahf traces the process through which the "termagant" became an "odalisque" in Western representations of Muslim women.
Publisher's Note: This book contains sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, m/f/m menage, group sex, BDSM scenes, and swinging/partner swapping.
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Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures: Representing the Harem, ...
Adolphe: Cairene Ijids Waited I 'pon by a (Mia Slave Girl, 118, 120. 129; Habesh
or Abyssinian Slave, Cairo, 52. 173: Jeune Fille Moresque jsirj (Tunis), 192. 193;
Untitled I Odalisque], 88, 89, 199 Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio, 31, 175, ...
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Henri Matisse: Modernist Against the Grain
There is only one other known painting of the same model identically clothed: the
Woman Reclining (Odalisque) (fig. 24) in the Barnes Foundation collection. Not
differently worked than the Birch Bartlett painting, it is larger and the model ...
Catherine Bock-Weiss, Henri Matisse,
2009
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The Exotic Woman in Nineteenth-century British Fiction and ...
If we look closely at several French works that spanned the nineteenth century —
Ingress Grande Odalisque (1814); Henri Regnault's Salome (1%jo); and two
works by Gerome, The Almeh (1878) and Woman of Cairo (1882) — the body of
the ...
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Cengage Advantage Books: The Power of Art
For example, Ingres painted several versions of the odalisque, or harem slave—
as did his Romantic rival Delacroix.The best-known of these works is the earliest
—Ingres' Grand Odalisque of 1814 (16-22), painted for Napoleon's sister ...
Richard Lewis, Susan Lewis,
2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ODALISQUE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
odalisque is used in the context of the following news items.
Woody Allen revisits the murder mystery genre with 'Irrational Man'
As charming as she is, and as energetically as she throws herself into the role of would-be odalisque — “I love it when you order for me,” she ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Fragrance: why everyone likes a lick of leather
It's playing with the idea of the seraglio of Constantinople, the odalisque in the steam bath ..." As Molloy points out, there's that buzz of sex ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
Film review: 'Antonia.'
In one striking scene, Antonia lies on her side, a pale, virtually lifeless odalisque, accompanied by a Piero Ciampi song written decades after ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
Art blogger Jeff Hamada modernizes art classics with a …
... Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's La Grande Odalisque, a piece of spherical fruit under his right arm replacing the original model's breast. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
First Look: Juliet Ristorante: High design and easy sipping on Barton …
... color (a wise decision by partner Neeca Leitao), watched over by a cross-stitched odalisque. That serves as a portal to the rest of the space. «Austin Chronicle, Jul 15»
Matisse at the Fondation Gianadda
... even Delacroix, we notice how Matisse's work is contrasted by these artists, while always renewing his Orientalist themes, like the odalisque. «AMA, Jul 15»
Stunning but remote physicality in Essaydi's women
#Another in the series answers Ingres's languid, Orientalist nude La Grande Odalisque, but Essaydi's woman exposes only her arms, shoulders ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
Art: Testing the truth of what we see
Elmyr de Hory claimed he could do Matisses better than Henri Matisse, though I can't help feeling that his Matisse-style Odalisque looks like a ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
Interesting seminar series at Collection Première Moscow
The latest developments in bodywear and swimwear trends will be illustrated here under the heading 'Nymph, Odalisque and Mermaid'. «Fibre2fashion.com, Jul 15»
Making eye contact
As in nearly all of Essaydi's work, “Odalisque” is teeming with Arabic script. You see it on the background, on the fabric covering the subject, ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»