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WomenofAlgiers.jpg
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…

Lady-Mary-Wortley-Montagu-in-Turkish-costume-Copyright-National-Portrait-Gallery.png
Lady Mary Wortley is pictured here in a Turkish dress showing cultural appropriation
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