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  • The dance never fully engaged with issues such as the violence of the post-colonial situation or the "orientalizing" of indigenous cultures.

    Stories from The Sun 2009

  • "orientalizing" styles, because, in a greater or less degree, they show in their ornamentation the influence of oriental models, of which the pure Geometric style betrays no trace.

    A History of Greek Art Frank Bigelow Tarbell 1886

  • Facial make-up studiously (and wisely) avoids orientalizing the "Japanese" cast with pasty skin-tones or painted eye-slants.

    Rodney Punt: Madame Butterfly Takes Wing in Santa Fe Rodney Punt 2010

  • Also more ridiculous fail over this orientalizing term for Asian steampunk, which, imo, should just be called Asian steampunk, and not that new term Gatehouse is trying to promote.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Ah Yuan // wingstodust 2010

  • Also more ridiculous fail over this orientalizing term for Asian steampunk, which, imo, should just be called Asian steampunk, and not that new term Gatehouse is trying to promote.

    Linky linky links! Or, In Which Other Bloggers Write Very Epic Posts Ah Yuan // wingstodust 2010

  • The greater question is, how do you prevent the craftsmen from devolving into self-orientalizing?

    Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Infiniti Brand Journey for Adeyaka 2010

  • Facial make-up studiously (and wisely) avoids orientalizing the "Japanese" cast with pasty skin-tones or painted eye-slants.

    Rodney Punt: Madame Butterfly Takes Wing in Santa Fe 2010

  • I can live with self-orientalizing if it results in more craftsmen.

    Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Infiniti Brand Journey for Adeyaka 2010

  • Dahesh's collection of 19th - and early 20th-century European academic an orientalizing art includes works featuring Napoleonic and 19th-century Egypt with past exhibitions such as Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists and the Rediscovery of Egypt (Napoleon on Madison) and Picturing the Middle East: A Hundred Years of European Orientalism (The Artistic Vision of Jean Lecomte du Nouye).

    Museums 2009

  • Although this collection of 19th-century European academic and orientalizing art no longer has a permanent home, its gift shop is located in Manhattan and includes Egyptian jewelry and prints.

    Bookstores & Shops 2009

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