Category: Orientalism

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The Orientalist Aesthetic in Amadeo Preziosi’s Oeuvre

This paper discusses Amadeo Preziosi’s Orientalist representations within the socio-political and cultural contexts of nineteenth century Ottoman Empire. Adopting the theoretical lens of Orientalism, this paper will show how Preziosi’s oeuvre is interlaced with the lexicon of Eurocentric exoticisation of the Middle East, where the space and people are transformed into objects of aestheticism. The