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Recent Examples of odalisque
The pose recalls the odalisque, though the tone is godlike detachment, presiding over a catastrophic wreck.
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Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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.
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Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2024
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.
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Camille Okhio,
ELLE Decor,
30 Nov. 2022
Displayed as a conventional odalisque — a reclining nude — in an unexpectedly static five-minute video shot.
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Christopher Knightart Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 July 2022
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
Mickalene Thomas gets a whole room for her paintings of Black odalisques, and Derrick Adams gets an entire wall of his male nudes.
—
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for odalisque
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The Florida Advanced Courses and Test—or FACT, for short—is heavy on American exceptionalism, light on slave narratives.
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Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico.
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The movie starred Ewan McGregor as Christian, a writer who ends up sucked into Paris' Bohemian movement, and Kidman as Satine, the star performer and courtesan at the titular cabaret.
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Directed by Tara Branham, the production stars soprano Mikayla Sager in the role of the opera’s lovestruck courtesan, Violetta, and WooYoung Yoon sings the role of Alfredo Germont.
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That is the standard set for bringing weapons and cellphones into a secure area, safeguarding department property, monitoring the radio, misusing department letterhead, badges or insignia, secondary employment violations, and recommending bondsmen or attorneys to inmates.
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Kim Kardashian, who has advocated for prison reform, paid the bondsman to have Glossip released, her publicist told The Oklahoman.
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Lindsay's sister Nicole (Christy Carlson Romano) seems to be the first to notice the enemies-to-lovers sparks flying, especially as Philip slips a sparkly shoe onto Lindsey's foot.
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The track went viral on TikTok earlier this year, with longtime lovers of the musician remembering the hit, while younger fans may have discovered it for the first time.
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Men were masters over their women, their chattel, and their emotions.
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The law turned human beings into chattel, allowing them to be worked, beaten, sold, raped and killed — and France never formally did away with it.
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Hemings was brought to Paris from 1787 to 1789 to work as a servant and maid for Jefferson's household.
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Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.
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“Odalisque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odalisque. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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