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The adjectival term Oriental has been used by the West to mean cultures, peoples, countries, Asian rugs, and goods from the Orient. "Oriental" means generally "eastern". It is a traditional designation (especially when capitalized) for anything belonging to the Orient or "East" (for Asia), and especially of its Eastern culture.
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Snake Charmer, c. 1879. Clark Art Institute.. In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.
Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology.
An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local sale, and export. Oriental carpets can be pile woven or flat woven without pile, [ 1 ] using various materials such as silk, wool, cotton, jute and animal hair. [ 2 ]
Since the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism, the term has arguably taken on a pejorative meaning, becoming shorthand for prejudiced views towards cultures of the East. An "Orientalist" may be a person engaged in these activities, but is also the traditional term for any scholar of Oriental studies.
Asian people [1] (or Asians, sometimes referred to as Asiatic people) [2] are the people of the continent of Asia. The term may also refer to their descendants. [3]
During this period there arose in ancient Greek art ornamental motifs and an interest in animals and monsters that continued to be depicted for centuries, and that also spread to Roman and Etruscan art.
Asian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies. [1] The field is concerned with the Asian people, their cultures, languages, history and politics.