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Amid a violent struggle, the Giaour is avenging the death of his lover at the hands of his opponent. Delacroix mirrored the two central figures and their horses as the Giaour is about to strike the fatal blow against the faceless Turk Hassan. The artist\u2019s mastery of color is exemplified by his use of shimmering primary hues, while the loose handling of paint creates the sense of dynamism Delacroix was so capable of executing.<\/p>\n<p>This painting reflects Delacroix\u2019s sustained engagement with Orientalism, the artistic representation of non-European people and places, especially North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Delacroix was among the first European artists to travel to Africa when he visited Morocco in 1832, shortly after he completed this painting. Widespread in the nineteenth century, Orientalism was regularly leveraged to reinforce French colonial enterprises through often fantastical, violent, or erotic depictions of the customs and cultures of faraway locales.<\/p>\n","short_description":"This colorful scene was inspired by a poem from Lord Byron\u2019s \u201coriental tales,\u201d a popular series of romances. Both the poem and painting are examples of 19th-century Europeans\u2019 interest in fantastical and often violent depictions of Middle Eastern, North African, and Asian cultures, which reinforced colonialist aims. 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