La Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 C.E. Rome, Italy.
Oil on canvas
Ingres' sensual fascination with the Orient was no secret. He displayed his attraction for this foreign eroticism in many of his
works but his most famous paintings on this theme are La Grande Odalisque.
Form:
-romanticism (exoticism)
-classical figure
-disproportionate
-oil on canvas
Content:
-physically unreal body
- Anatomy is secondary to sensuality
-peacock fan, turban, enormous pearls, hookah (eroticism based on exotic content)
Function:
-what a French male's fantasy would look like
-Modernizes the Venus of Urbino by making it exotic
- painted for napoleon, but by the time Ingres finished, Napoleon was exiled
Context:
-artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres (court painter for Napoleon, successor of David)
-1814 CE
-Odalisque: "Turkish girl"
-romanticism (exoticism)
-classical figure
-disproportionate
-oil on canvas
Content:
-physically unreal body
- Anatomy is secondary to sensuality
-peacock fan, turban, enormous pearls, hookah (eroticism based on exotic content)
Function:
-what a French male's fantasy would look like
-Modernizes the Venus of Urbino by making it exotic
- painted for napoleon, but by the time Ingres finished, Napoleon was exiled
Context:
-artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres (court painter for Napoleon, successor of David)
-1814 CE
-Odalisque: "Turkish girl"
