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Art Palette Ornament made of copper

celebrates metalworking as it was executed in the Renaissance

bronze finish

5" tall and 1

Orientalism activities which editor Moriarty (curator ofOrientalism by Edward W Said In this wide ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding.