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Women of Algiers in their Apartment

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Description: Women of Algiers in their Apartment
TitleWomen of Algiers in their Apartment
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions180 × 229 cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https:/­/­collections.louvre.fr/­en/­ark:/­53355/­cl010065869
Accession number3824
SubjectsWomen, Black, in artExoticism in artPainting, French--19th centuryHarems in artRomanticism in artAlgeriansOttoman influences in art
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Chapter 1. Olympia in Context: Manet, the Impressionists, and Black Paris
Denise Murrell
Description: Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
~In late 1862, Édouard Manet (1832–1883) noted in his studio carnet that a model he described as “Laure, très belle négresse” (“Laure, very beautiful black woman”) sat for a portrait in his rue...
Author
Denise Murrell
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2018 Yale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.7-83
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00239.002
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Chapter subject tags:Women, Black, in artRacially mixed peopleImpressionism (Art)--FranceStereotypes (Social psychology) in artBaudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870Artists' models, Black
3. The Seductions of Slavery
Hugh Honour
Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to...
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to World War I, Part 2: Black Models and White Myths
A black man, large as life, holding the reins of a white horse in one hand while he plunges a dagger into its throat with the other, is given great prominence...
Author
Hugh Honour
PublisherHarvard University Press
Copyright© 1989 by Menil Foundation, Inc.
Related print edition pages: pp.151-190
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00144.007
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Chapter subject tags:Slavery in artErotic art
20. The Legacies of Later Islamic Art
Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
Description: The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
The European conquests that end the period this volume covers are sometimes marked by precise events, such as Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in 1798 or the French seizure of Algeria in 1832. In other...
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Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, 1994
Related print edition pages: pp.303-314
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.024
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Chapter subject tags:Art, Modern--Islamic influencesArchitecture--Islamic influencesIslamic art--Western influences

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