1. As a foundational text, Orientalism was controversial among scholars of Oriental Studies, philosophy, and literature.

2. Historical Ballets are rife with national and racial stereotypes, including the orientalism of La Bayadère, Le Corsaire

3. Academicism, Orientalism Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism