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Orientalism

imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures
Event cultural_movement Q42865
Orientalism
Eugène Delacroix · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Orientalism is a cultural movement[1]. Orientalism ranks in the top 9% of cultural movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,968 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: artistic theme[3]
  • Commons category: Orientalism[4]
  • Has part(s): turquerie[5], chinoiserie[6], Japonaiserie[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Orientalism[8]
  • Different from: oriental studies[9], orientalism[10]

Why It Matters

Orientalism has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Orientalism is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Émile Bernard Eugène Fromentin Francesco Hayez Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jean-Léon Gérôme oriental studies Richard Parkes Bonington Théodore Chassériau Vasily Vereshchagin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Turquerie. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Surajr7 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Eugène Delacroix - The Women of Algiers, 1834.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement, Eugène Delacroix - Musée du Louvre Peintures INV 3824.jpg"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0419113-orientalismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0419113-orientalismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → oriental studies, orientalism
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 13646, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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