Orientalism: Abundance of Communication and Lack of Acculturation

Abstract

Historical situations of the eighteenth century, and those of the nineteenth century in particular created the proper conditions that met the needs of the artists in the countries looking over the Mediterranean from the East: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt along with the coastal region of North Africa. However, the Far East closed door to comers until the end of the nineteenth century. Orientalism is at the opposite of the existential and epistemological reality of the East. Such a term is used as a tool to achieve the colonial ambitions of the West.

Whatever the Orient is,  the material was fertile, and the results fluctuated; they were sometimes positive and other times were negative. This requires an extensive study about this point