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The Slave Market

Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)

Date: 1866

Medium: Oil painting

Collection: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, United States

Description

A naked woman at center and man at far right are shown in a public courtyard, as prospective slave owners inspect their bodies. Meticulous details like the figures’ clothing, as well as the style of the surrounding architecture, evoke locales such as Egypt and Turkey, where Gérôme spent several months traveling and sketching. Constructed both from imagination and observation, this dehumanizing scene portrays Islamic society as strange, violent, and depraved. Such paintings appealed to France’s assumptions of its own moral superiority as it expanded its colonial empire across North Africa.

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Iris as Ambassador in the Realm of Hypnos

Artist: Giulio Carpioni (Italian, 1613-1679)

Date: ca. 1655-1660

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria

Description

"Iris as Ambassador in the Realm of Hypnos" refers to a specific moment in Ovid's Metamorphoses where Hera sends Iris to Hypnos (the god of sleep) to instruct him to send a dream to Alcyone, informing her of her husband Ceyx's death, with Iris quickly leaving as she's affected by Hypnos's power.

The Idolatry of Solomon

Artist: Frans Francken the Younger (Flemish, 1581 - 1642)

Date: 1622

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Description

Wearing a magnificent silk robe with an ermine lining, King Solomon kneels and makes an offering to a pagan idol. One of his wives appears to instruct him, while several other concubines, lavishly dressed, stand behind. A group of men in elaborate headpieces and rich finery watch Solomon and the women from the left with displeasure, as if they know that Solomon's idol worship will eventually destroy his kingdom. The Temple of Jerusalem, which was erected under the king's reign, is under construction in the background.

Solomon was known for his proverbial wisdom and great wealth. In his later years, he was increasingly drawn to the pagan cults, which were thought to have been introduced into Israel by the women who came from neighboring kingdoms to join his large harem.

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Jama Masjid, Delhi

Artist: Thomas Daniell (English, 1749–1840)

Date: 1811

Medium: Oil on canvas

Medium: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

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The Battle of Zama

Artist: After Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–1578)

Date: 1567–1578

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

The Battle of Zama

The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC in what is now Tunisia between a Roman army commanded by Scipio Africanus and a Carthaginian army commanded by Hannibal. The battle was part of the Second Punic War and resulted in such a severe defeat for the Carthaginians that they capitulated, while Hannibal was forced into exile. The Roman army of approximately 30,000 men was outnumbered by the Carthaginians who fielded either 40,000 or 50,000; the Romans were stronger in cavalry, but the Carthaginians had 80 war elephants.