Category:Orientalism

**Orientalism**
	imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures
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Instance of	cultural movement; artistic theme;
Has part(s)	turquerie; chinoiserie; Japonaiserie;
Different from	oriental studies; orientalism;
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<nowiki>orientalismo; Austurlandafræði; ختيځپوهنه; ориентализъм; مستشرقین; استشراق، مستشرقین، تحریک استشراق، ماہر عربیات،; orientalism; орієнталізм; 東方主義; 东方主义; Oriyentalizm; Ориентализм; Orientismo; ориентализам; استشراق; প্রাচ্যতত্ত্ব; orientalisme; 东方主义; Đông phương luận; orientālisms; оријентализам; 东方主义; orientalisme; orientalisme; şərqşünaslıq; orientalism; Orientalism; استشراق; 東方主義; Orientalismo; orientalisme; Orientalismus; Orientalizmi; خاورشناسی; 東方主義; Orientalisme; ორიენტალიზმი; オリエンタリズム; استشراق; אוריינטליזם; Orientalismus; प्राच्यवाद; orientalisma; orientalismm; orientalismo; оријентализам; Οριενταλισμός; oryantalis; 東方主義; օրիենտալիզմ; orientalism; Orientalismus; Orientalisme; 東方主義; orientalism; Orientalismo; oriëntalisme; orientalismi; ориентализм; orientalizmas; orientalizem; Orientalismo; orientalisme; 東方主義; คตินิยมแบบตะวันออก; Orientalizm; പൗരസ്ത്യവാദം; Orijentalizam; Dwyreinioldeb; orijentalizam; арыенталізм; oryantalizm; orientalismo; 오리엔탈리즘; 东方主义; ਪੂਰਬੀਵਾਦ; representación de aspectos de las culturas orientales por parte de escritores y artistas occidentales; mouvement littéraire et artistique né en Europe occidentale au XVIIIe siècle; тема произведения искусства; Kunstströmung; імітацыя ўсходнеазіяцкай культуры; تخیل هنرمند غرب از هنر و فرهنگ شرق; движение в изкуството; vestlig interesse for kulturen i Mellemøsten og Østasien; mișcare literară și artistică ce a apărut în Europa de Vest în secolul al XVIII-lea; imitarea sau reprezentarea unor aspecte ale culturilor din Orientul Mijlociu și Asia de Est; 西欧近代におけるオリエント世界(西アジア)へのあこがれに根ざす文学・芸術上の風潮｡東方趣味､東洋趣味､異国趣味。; תרבות המזרח בראייה מערבית; westerse opvatting van het Oosten in culturele zin; corrente artistica occidentale caratterizzata dalla raffigurazione di elementi culturali del Medio Oriente, dell'Asia meridionale e dell'Asia orientale; течія переважно в західноєвропейському мистецтві; Avrupa'ya göre doğuda yer alan ulusların dillerini, tarihlerini, kültür ve törelerini inceleyen bilim, doğu bilimi; Aasian maiden kulttuurin ja kielen tutkimus; imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures; حركة فكرية غربية لفهم ثقافات الشعوب الشرقية; μίμηση ή απεικόνιση στοιχείων των πολιτισμών της Μέσης Ανατολής και Ανατολικής Ασίας; imitació o representació d'aspectes de les cultures de l'Orient Mitjà i l'Extrem Orient; Doğuculuk; Oryentalizm; Müsteşrik; Şarkiyatçılık; Doğu bilimi; Doğubilim; Oryantalist; オリエンタリスム; 反東洋思想; Orientalisme en art; Peintre Orientaliste; Orientalism; مستشرقون; مستشرقين; المستشرقون; الاستشراق; المستشرقين; 东方主义; ختیځپوهنه; Orientalism; ഓറിയൻറലിസം; orientalisme; Orientalista; Orientalismo; אוריינטלי; מזרחתנות; מזרחתני; Orientalista; Orientalística; Estilo oriental; nghiên cứu phương Đông; Orientalisti; خاورشناس; خاورشناختی; خاورشناسان; شرق‌شناس; شرق‌شناسی; شرقشناس; شرق شناس; اوریانتالیست; شرق شناسی; شرقشناسی; مستشرق; Ανατολισμός; orientalismul în artă; pictor orientalist</nowiki>

See also Category:Japonism and Category:Chinoiserie

Orientalism as an artform was mainly developed during the XIXe in Western Europe. It sets the sight of European painters on the islamic civilisation, which is quite a subjective look. European society at that time restricted nude paintings for moral & religious reasons, so fantasizing about harems gave the artists freedom to act. Anecdoting scenes show European artists while on trip to Orient, that could only "let their imagination go on while waiting at the entrance of a Harem gate", literally meaning : restricted zone.

Scientific orientalism was previous and mainly developed after the Age of Discovery as a way to enhance the colonization process of the World. Naturalists came back with awesome news. Describing old civilizations with new scientific ways and compiling knowledge about conquered remote lands gave the Europeans a strong feeling of superiority. Hence the basis of colonialism as an ideology. Egyptology can be traced back to orientalism: French and later English said they knew more about Egypt and Ancient Egypt than the dwelling populations there at that time.

"both consider the Orient as an object of studies". So that Occidental thinkers defined Occident itself, displaying what it was not while considering the rest of the world complied to their views.

Source: see Edward Said works on the subject.