Harems, Hookahs, Odalisques & Ottomans:

A Passion for the Oriental in 18^th & 19^th Century Art

The exotic lure of the Orient has inspired European artists for centuries.  In this lecture we will be taking an artistic journey across the Near and Middle East to see how Western artists brought the mysteries of ‘The Other’ to the fashionable salons of Europe throughout the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

Dr Geri Parlby MA, PhD

Geri is a former Fleet Street journalist and film PR. She has a first-class honours degree in History and Theology, a Masters in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute and a Theology doctorate from Roehampton University in London. She has been lecturing for the past 19 years both in the UK and internationally. She is also principal lecturer on the South West Area Arts Society History of Art course.