A thread for Westerners who are interested in the culture, religion, art, music, mythology, ideas, and peoples of the East.
Asia has always been a mysterious, exotic, alien land to our cultural imagination, it makes sense why it fascinates us.
Orientalism
Landon Morales
Luis Smith
pls post more orientalist paintings. i've always found them captivating.
Luke Thomas
Sure
Alexander Thomas
Juan Lewis
ty friend
Landon Diaz
youtube.com
Will post some music links too
Jaxson Evans
t.E. Lawrence
Brayden Baker
I would post some high res Vereshchagin paintings but my internet connection is acting up
Lucas Gomez
Which of the following Eastern countries is the most culturally/historically/theologically interesting though?
>Arabia
>Turkey
>Egypt
>Persia
>India
>China
>Nepal
>Mongolia
>Japan
>Siam
>Cambodia
Jose Flores
Go to a mental asylum for the violent, youll find your orientalism.
Oliver Fisher
Landon King
Xavier Lee
Arnaut Officer 1857
Ethan Clark
The Russian romantics really did Orientalist music well
Jacob Cox
They're some of the best paintings out there. Thank you for sharing, those of you who are sharing.
It's between Egypt and Arabia, I edge towards Egypt.
Jack Butler
Arnaut with two whisper dogs 1867
Charles Jones
Markos Botsaris 1874
Charles Diaz
if you don't mind 19th century english read Giaour by lord byron
it's really comfy
fuck off back too Jow Forums cunt
Justin Smith
Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert 1859
Luis Ward
This is stunning
Kevin Flores
>peoples of the East.
So, like, Serbs? One time I asked this Bosnian waiter 'what does a toofakeeyah mean?' and he replyed 'just fucking order already', fucking Asians, I swear to god
Brody Miller
>Arabia
Shit.
>Turkey
Weird but interesting.
>Egypt
Ancient history is prime, anything post-500BC isn't really Egyptian
>Persia
Based.
>India
500 different cultures rolled into one
>China
Kinda boring desu
>Nepal
Meh.
>Mongolia
Based
>Japan
Weeb but fun
>Siam
Irrelevant
>Cambodia
Irrelevant
Jeremiah Butler
And my personal favorite
Alexander Foster
Justin Watson
>orientalism unironicaly
Aiden Collins
Noah Walker
youtube.com
This old Ottoman song is what "Ra Ra Rasputin" is based off
Justin Nguyen
gtfo habsburger
William Taylor
what oriental country has the best compromise between traditional lifestyle & modern necessities?
Charles Allen
Charles Butler
West Asia, Turkey. Or Israel if you count it as oriental.
East Asia, Japan probably.
Isaac Cooper
Chase Morris
Joseph Fisher
Isaac Gutierrez
youtube.com
Song about an Egyptian girl
Alexander Bailey
Aaron Jones
Joseph Perry
Always found it interesting how in Eastern Asian mythology, dragons are worshipped and respected, while in Western European mythology, dragons are greedy pillagers and must be slain by heroes
Wonder what this says about the difference in philosophy and mindset between West and East
Chase Miller
Why do some countries but a dragon on their flag or some lower lords put them on their standards?
Henry Butler
Possibly to look fearsome?
I'm not quite sure
Samuel Cruz
Egypt probably
>Pre-Egyptians (Blacks)
>Egyptians
>Moses
>Persians
>Greeks
>Romans
>Early islamic empires
Jaxson Cooper
Where should I start with reading up on Eastern religions?
Eli Carter
Going to bed now, hopefully this gets bumped till morning