Orientalism

Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism depends on the school of thought. Antisemitic tendencies may be motivated primarily by negative sentiment towards Jews as a people or negative sentiment towards Jews with regard to Judaism. In the former case, usually known as racial antisemitism, a person's hostility is driven by the belief that Jews constitute a distinct race with inherent traits or characteristics that are repulsive or inferior to

1992 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)

thumb|Ancient Orient of the Roman Empire and its ecclesiastical order after the [[Council of Chalcedon, 451|300x300px]] The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term Occident, which refers to the Western world.

thumb|300x300px|Jean-Léon Gérôme, [[The Snake Charmer, . Clark Art Institute.]] In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle East, was one of the many specialties of 19th-century academic art, and Western literature was influenced by a similar interest in Oriental themes.

French painter (1868-1941)

Russian artist (1866–1924)

Persian poetry. Omar Khayyam’s robāʿiyyāt (“quatrains”). Also Persian-English quatrains translations by Edward Fitzgerald.

thumbnail|300px|Marià Fortuny's The Odalisque

opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1924 film by Raoul Walsh

British painter (1801-1828)

stock character; idealized indigene or otherwise wild outsider with noble characteristics

1978 non-fiction work by Edward Said

1721 literary work by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu

British academic (1857–1934)

mode of production

Hatred or prejudice against Arabs

Italian painter (1854-1929)

French painter (1826-1883)

Scottish artist (1782–1850)

Dutch artist (1867-1932)

French painter (1840-1887)

poem by Lord Byron

French painter (1821-1859)

Circus attraction based on the trope of the fairness of Circassian women.

1919 novel by Edith Maude Hull

a collection of tales gathered by François Pétis de la Croix and published between 1710 and 1712

musical riff or phrase

Spanish painter (1836-1913)

song composed by Johann Strauss II

Generalized representations of Jewish people

political concept that Asian countries tend to be more authoritarian

German painter, illustrator and architect (1848-1904)

thumb|upright|Moresque ornament print by Peter Flötner. thumb|upright|Mannerist grotesque ornament drawing by the Dutch painter and architect [[Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527–1609), of around 1604. The figures of the fauns at bottom, and almost the dragons at top, are moresques in the figure sense.]] Moresque is an obsolete alternative term to "Moorish" in English, and in the arts has some specific meanings. By itself, the word is used to describe the stylized plant-based forms of tendrils and leaves found in ornament and decoration in the applied arts in Renaissance Europe that are derived fro

2004 novel by Madonna

2008 novel by Sherry Jones

A Hebraist is a specialist in Jewish, Hebrew and Hebraic studies. Specifically, British and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Hebrew language and literature were commonly known by this designation, at a time when Hebrew was little understood outside practicing Jewish communities.

overview of persecution of Jews in European history

fictional persona of a blog by Tom MacMaster

literary archetype

Spanish painter (1842-1902)

graphic novel by Craig Thompson

light music by Albert Ketèlbey who composed it in 1920

novel by Edmondo de Amicis

Bousbir (, ) was a walled-off brothel quarter in Casablanca, Morocco, established by Resident General Lyautey during the French protectorate.

establishment where patrons share hookah / shisha

book by Gérard de Nerval

series of academic conferences on oriental studies (1873-1973)

song composed by Johann Strauss II

Hungarian painter (1839-1905)

aspect of art history

german-Bohemian photography duo

section of colonial France's military

Japanese-American group of backup dancers

Old English poem about a dialogue of riddles between Solomon, the king of Israel, and Saturn, a prince of the Chaldeans

poem by Percy Shelley

American pulp magazine

typeface styled to mimic the brush strokes used in Chinese characters; often used to convey a sense of Orientalism; frequently viewed as culturally insensitive or offensive

American animated television series