Caravanas Maometanas (Muslim caravans)

Durante séculos o transporte de pessoas e mercadorias através dos países desérticos maometanos fazia-se com utilização de camelos. Os viajantes e mercadores seguiam em caravanas dirigidas por quem conhecia bem o trajecto. Os pintores orientalistas do séc. XIX dedicaram muitos dos seus trabalhos aos costumes muçulmanos por os considerarem exóticos e desconhecidos no Ocidente Cristão.


For centuries the transportation of people and goods across the desert Muslim countries was made using camels. Travelers and merchants journeyed in caravans guided by those who knew the route. Orientalist painters of the 19th century dedicated many of their works to the Muslims customs, as they were considered exotic and unknown in the Christian West.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)-'an Arab caravan outside a fortified town, Egypt'-oil on canvas

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903)-'arrival of a caravan outside the city of Morocco'-oil on canvas

Alberto Pasini (1826-1899)-'an Arab caravan'- oil on canvas Private collection

Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876)-'Arab caravan by the shore'-oil on canvas Private collection

Victor Pierre Huguet (1835-1902)-'Arab caravan'-oil on canvas Private collection