but of course, orientalism, in the hands of western artists during the 19th century, wasn t just about politics and power. it was also about sex. i m meeting istanbul based artist ardan ozmenoglu, who s inspired by orientalism. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in part, that s because of its date, which is very prominently painted in the top left hand corner. 1654. so this is a 17th century painting of an oriental scene. but one thing that strikes me immediately is that you ve got these two bands to the painting. do you have a sense how we re meant to read it? yeah. at the bottom part of it is welcoming scene. a guest is coming to the harem, and up side of the painting is more like what they do in the harem.
to find out how the west viewed the women of the near east, i m in turkey s largest city, istanbul. looking at the collection of orientalist art here at the pera museum, i ve discovered how the west s fascination with the east resulted in art that subtly and sometimes not so subtly asserted a sense of superiority. i m meeting istanbul based artist ardan ozmenoglu, who s inspired by orientalism. she wants to show me the works here that captivate her the most. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in part, that s because of its date, which is very prominently painted in the top left hand corner. 1654. so this is a 17th century painting of an oriental scene. but one thing that strikes me immediately is that you ve got these two bands to the painting. do you have a sense how we re meant to read it? yeah. at the bottom part of it is welcoming scene. a guest is coming to the harem, and up side of the painting is more like what they do in the harem. at the corner, the
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let s ta ke let s take you through some of the details. the number of passengers travelling has increased. on wednesday, the national air traffic services told the bbc that it handled 5,806 flights compared with 1,654 on the same date last year. and tour operators like tui say there 5 been a 25% increase in passenger numbers since last week a return to 2019 levels. and jet2, the second biggest holiday operator in the uk, says its operating more flights this year than it did before the pandemic. but there could be delays and frustration ahead, with staffing issues causing headaches for operators. last week, 1,143 flights were cancelled, compared with just 197 in the same week last year. airports are bracing for the disruption and some, like leeds bradford, have advised passengers to arrive at least three hours early for their flights. in a moment we ll speak to fiona lamdin in dover.
the days of the soviet union? this is a crisis 30 years in the making when the soviet union dissolved in russia became the smallest in 1654. with the soviet union broke up it was the leaders of belarus and ukraine meeting out outside of belarus they didn t have a computer they type it out on a typewriter, putin wants to put this thing back together and he wants to expand this country through a potential invasion and we purred out of washington. but the people here are a bit more weary they think we ve been through this for eight years. i spoke to a gentleman coming out of a restaurant is that i m not worried about the russians i have guns in my safe and unlike the short range ballistic missiles, that s with the russian forces are bringing to the fight in fighter jets and a lot more advanced weaponry than what we see in the artillery in the east speaker americans are just tuning in for the last weeks and months but people in ukraine going back to the russian annexation of crimea