Orientalism in Art and Everyday LifeStereotyped Western impressions of Arabs and the Islamic world became increasingly popular in the West in the nineteenth century. This wave of Orientalism found expression in high art, as in the renowned painting Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834), by French painter Eugène Delacroix. Delacroix portrays three women and their African servant at rest in a harem, the segregated, women-only living quarters for the wives of elite Muslim men (Islamic law allows a man to have several wives). Orientalist ideas also made their way into the fabric of everyday life, when ordinary people visited museum exhibits, read newspaper articles, or purchased popular colonial products like cigarettes, coffee, and chocolate. This “Official Guide” to an exhibition on Cairo held in Berlin offers an exotic look at foreign lands. Note the veiled women in the center and the pyramid and desert mosque in the background. (Travel Guide: Private Collection/Archives Charmet/The Bridgeman Art Library; Women of Algiers: Louvre, Paris/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)> PICTURING THE PASTANALYZING THE IMAGE: What do these representations reveal about Western fascination with Islamic lifestyles and gender roles? How accurate do you think they are?CONNECTIONS: How do images such as these portray Arabs? How would they help spread Orientalist stereotypes?