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Grande Odalisque
Grande Odalisque, also known as Une Odalisque or La Grande Odalisque, is an oil painting of 1814 by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres depicting an odalisque, or concubine. Ingres' contemporaries considered the work to signify Ingres' break from Neoclassicism, indicating a shift toward exotic Romanticism.
"Grande Odalisque" attracted wide criticism when it was first shown. It is renowned for the elongated proportions and lack of anatomical realism. The work is owned by the Louvre Museum, Paris which purchased the work in 1899.
Odalisque (disambiguation)
An odalisque was a female slave of a Turkish harem.
Odalisque may also refer to:
- Odalisque (novel) – a novel by Fiona McIntosh
- Odalisque – part of Quicksilver (novel) by Neal Stephenson, later published as a separate novel
- Odalisque with Raised Arms – a painting by Henri Matisse
- Odalisque (painting) – a painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna
- Grande Odalisque, also known as "Une Odalisque" or "La Grande