Muslim Bazaar (Bazar islâmico)

The bazaar is a real shopping centre where you can by all kinds of manufactured articles, especially home-made. The Islamic world displays high-quality handicrafts: carpets, metal artifacts, among others.


O bazar é um verdadeiro centro comercial onde se vende toda a espécie de artigos manufacturados, sobretudo a nível familiar. O mundo Islâmico apresenta artesanato de grande qualidade: tapetes, artigos metálicos e outros.

Frederick Goodall (1822-1904)-'bazaar in Cairo'-oil on canvas-1891 Private collection

Frederick Goodall (1822-1904)-'the grand bazaar'-oil on paper laid down on canvas-1859 Private collection

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903)-'Moorish bazaar'-watercolour-1873 Private collection

John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876)-'the bezestein bazaar of El Khan Khali. Cairo'

Charles Cattermole (1832-1900)-'scene in a Cairo bazaar'-watercolour-1856 London-Victoria and Albert Museum

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