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Tuesday, September 05, 2006



The Reading Lesson

Isn't this a lovely painting? I think it's one of the few examples of Orientalist art that don't seek to turn women into purely sexual objects. This painting is sweet and beautiful in its simplicity - a mother, teaching her daughter to read. In this painting, the woman is beautiful, but in a more maternal than sexual way; and furthermore, the woman is educated.

I really love this picture...

6 comments:

  1. The artist's name is Frederick Arthur Bridgeman, an American.

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  2. The artist's name is Frederick Arthur Bridgeman, an American.

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  3. Funny thing is, a lot of the sexier orientalist paintings weren't even very good. Like actually look at Le Gran Odelisque with an artistic eye sometime; her proportions are totally wrong, and it makes her look almost simian.

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  4. Mouse this is not about the painting but the essay:If you still can, add that the FBI has NOT accussed Osama for 9/11.(Reason for US attack on Afghanistan)

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