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On his visit to the middle east, artist Steve Irons takes a look with the eyes of a post-orientalist. Paintings and drawings presented with background provided by the wonderful 80s music of The The, which, strangely, provides us with the ears of a post-orientalist, as well.
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Led Zeppelin's stately and sensual opus, "Kashmir", provides the soundtrack for a journey through the 19th century orientalist movement in classical/romantic art.
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this collection of authentic pictures and captions represent the quintessence of orientalist romanticization and exoticization of the east. all pictures and captions are taken from the c. 1940's publication 'the secret museum of mankind' (public domain).
