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Recent Examples of odalisque
Mickalene Thomas gets a whole room for her paintings of Black odalisques, and Derrick Adams gets an entire wall of his male nudes.
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Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In art history, the odalisque is a female figure in repose, her body splayed out for the viewer’s eye to devour.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 19 through March 12 In a Joan Brown painting, a cat might sit pensively in the middle of a Kool-Aid-colored landscape and a woman with the body of a tiger might take the pose of an Ingres odalisque.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
One of our first glimpses of the young performer, played by Austin Butler, is from behind, draped against some flotsam at a carnival like a country-boy odalisque, his beauty evident even from the partial view.
—Vulture, 24 June 2022
These women, usually sitting or lying, provide the base for each chaise longue’s form—turning the image of an odalisque into the furniture itself.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 30 Nov. 2022
Displayed as a conventional odalisque — a reclining nude — in an unexpectedly static five-minute video shot.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
Baker figures elsewhere as a cheerful odalisque, eloquently emulating a motif from Matisse.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Each includes a reclining odalisque, two seated women around a hookah, and a female Black servant.
—Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 July 2021
Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
In art history, the odalisque is a female figure in repose, her body splayed out for the viewer’s eye to devour.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 19 through March 12 In a Joan Brown painting, a cat might sit pensively in the middle of a Kool-Aid-colored landscape and a woman with the body of a tiger might take the pose of an Ingres odalisque.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
One of our first glimpses of the young performer, played by Austin Butler, is from behind, draped against some flotsam at a carnival like a country-boy odalisque, his beauty evident even from the partial view.
—Vulture, 24 June 2022
These women, usually sitting or lying, provide the base for each chaise longue’s form—turning the image of an odalisque into the furniture itself.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 30 Nov. 2022
Displayed as a conventional odalisque — a reclining nude — in an unexpectedly static five-minute video shot.
—Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
Baker figures elsewhere as a cheerful odalisque, eloquently emulating a motif from Matisse.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
Each includes a reclining odalisque, two seated women around a hookah, and a female Black servant.
—Lance Esplund, WSJ, 2 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odalisque
Noun
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Lakan later earns enough money to buy out the contract of even the most expensive courtesan at the Verdigris House.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Morena Baccarin plays Inara Serra, a licensed Companion (a high-status courtesan) who rents one of Serenity’s shuttles as her private quarters and place of business.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hub is a second-generation bondsman, having followed in the footsteps of his acerbic mother — and, as a middle-aged divorcée, roommate — Kitty (Beth Grant).—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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For example, Alabama proposes a system where defendants pay a portion of their bail directly to the court instead of going through a bail bondsman.—
Lisel Petis,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Bird Buddy Smart Feeder Pro is perfect for all you bird lovers looking to take your hobby to the next level.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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The award-winning development with a bevy of multimillion-dollar residences, including one rented by Gwyneth Paltrow in 2023, is ideal for ski lovers.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Doom Slayer was a slave to capitalism in Doom (2016), the soft reboot that revived the franchise, and his now-origins as a slave to a religious theocracy sounds like something that could be cool as hell to explore.—
Kazuma Hashimoto,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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Freelancers and side hustle professionals who understand how to scale are ultimately able to regain control of their time and not become a slave to their side hustle.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Among his paramours during this period were Tina Onassis and Ava Gardner.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
29 Mar. 2025
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Michael Shannon, who recently performed an unusual tribute tour by playing Stipe’s role in R.E.M. with members of the band (and on some nights, Stipe himself), presented a poem Smith had written about her former paramour Sam Shepard.—
Caryn Rose,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To this day, she’s drawn to the bruise of blue that belies the kittenish blush, the tension between the girl next door and the demimondaine, who are not so far apart, who may even be one.—
Susan Dominus Photographs by Joshua Kissi Styled by Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs by Collier Schorr Styled by Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs by Tina Barney,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2021
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The object of Christian’s adoration is Satine, a nightclub chanteuse and demimondaine, almost past her prime and riddled with consumption.—
Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
25 July 2019
Noun
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The game is the system that keeps one as chattel for the other.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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This led to the development of a particular type of housing structure known as chattel houses in countries such as Barbados.—
Farah Nibbs,
The Conversation,
22 Oct. 2024
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“Odalisque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odalisque. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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