Definition of Odalisque. Meaning of Odalisque. Synonyms of Odalisque

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Definition of Odalisque

Odalisque
Odalisque O`da`lisque", n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room.] A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.] Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode. --Tennyson.

Meaning of Odalisque from wikipedia

- An odalisque (Ottoman Turkish: اوطه‌لق, Turkish: odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies...
- 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...
- The Blonde Odalisque, or Resting Girl (French: Jeune fille allongée, Jeune fille couchée or L'Odalisque blonde), are two oil-on-canvas paintings by the...
- The Brunette Odalisque (French: L'Odalisque or l'Odalisque brune) is a 1745 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist François Boucher, now in the Louvre...
- Odalisque with Slave (French: L'Odalisque à l'esclave) is an 1839 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres commissioned by Charles Marcotte. Executed...
- 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...
- Odalisque With Raised Arms is a painting by Henri Matisse, completed in 1923. The oil on canvas measuring 23 by 26 inches is held in the National Gallery...
- Yellow Odalisque is the title of two paintings by Henri Matisse which feature odalisques: From 1926, at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; also known...
- The Odalisque is an 1861 oil painting by Spanish painter Marià Fortuny exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona. The painting portrays...
- Odalisque (1844), Ingres' Odalisque with a Slave (1842), and Charles Jalabert's Odalisque (1842). Comparison is also made to Ingres' Grande Odalisque...