Roger Fenton: Pasha and Bayadère wedding "The book combines iconographic analysis

"The book combines iconographic analysis with historical-contextual study in a way not often met with in art history

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Roger Fenton: Pasha and Bayadère wedding "The book combines iconographic analysisGordon Baldwin Roger Fenton's photograph Pasha and Bayadre is a fascinating image in its own right and is an expression of a more general Orientalist craze that grew steadily stronger during the nineteenth century in Europe. In his rich and detailed study, the author explains how this image of a seated man and a dancing woman embodies themes and motifs that can be found in the work of nineteenth century artists from Eugne Delacroix to John Frederick