06 Orientalist Paintings, The Art of War, Francesco Hayez and Moretto da Brescia’s Odalisques, with footnotes, #119
Aug 28, 2024
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An odalisque was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. In western usage, the term came to mean the harem concubine, and refers to the eroticized artistic genre in which a woman is represented mostly or completely nude in a reclining position, often in the setting of a harem. More on An odalisque…