North African School; XIX century.

North African School; XIX century.
Carved wood.
Measurements: 22 x 23 x 17 cm; 41 x 72 x 15 cm.
Set of three sculptures that reproduce models of Kashbas, fortifications whose origin is Berber. The Berbers or Berber peoples are a diverse group of indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa prior to the arrival of the Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.
This work is part of the current of orientalism so much in vogue during the 19th century. Although the naturalism and veracity of these small sculptures indicate that this is the second stage of Orientalism, when artists traveled to the Middle East in search of that invented reality and discovered a different and new country, which stood out with its peculiarities above the clichés and prejudices of Europeans. Thus, this new orientalist school leaves behind the beautiful odalisques, the harems and the slave markets to paint nothing but what they see, the real Orient in all its daily dimension.