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Turkish Baths, Constantinople 1886 JG188610 Costume Clothed, topless and nude. None, T, TB, TMLBAP. Cleavage. Shaven or opaqued. Actions Harem women play music and sit at the side of the bath. Nudes splash in the water. A eunich watches over. And a sultan sits in the back (1). Commentary Inside the Turkish baths at the Palace of Abdullah Siriez in ancient Constantinople. An example of Nude Beach. For more of Gérome's work and the Orientalist view of Arab baths, see The Classical Bath in the Bikini Science Times. Source From Gerald M. Ackerman, Les Orientalistes: Jean-Léon Gérome, ACR Edition Internationale, Courbevoie, Paris, 1986, p. 137. French title of the painting is La Terrasse du Serail. Ackerman #339. 5 pictures. |
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