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  • Tags: exoticism

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Lady Mary Wortley is pictured here in a Turkish dress showing cultural appropriation

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This 19th century painting depicts an Algerian house from the perspective of an orientalist painter. Women look directly to the viewer in the eye, giving a "mysterious" look, and Delacroix deliberately emphasizes the women's different bodies/styles…
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