Chinoiserie
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chinoiserie A European decorating style using Chinese and other "oriental" ornamentation, most fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Chinoiserie: painting, prints, works on paper, sculpture. A term which refers to the western interpretations of Chinese fine and decorative art in a variety of media.
Chinoiserie
A French word, also used by English speakers, to describe and aspect of Chinese influence on the arts and crafts of Europe, whether produced by European, Chinese, or artist of other origins.
Also see chinoiserie.
Japanese art
Japanese mending tissue - A very thin, strong, transparent tissue paper, used by art conservators to strengthen old or worn paper or to repair tears in paper.
Under Audran, Watteau became instrumental in developing what is known as chinoiseries and singeries. These decorations were based on oriental subject matter and monkey motifs which were applied to panels, furniture and porcelain.
Rococo asymmetry lent itself to the incorporation of chinoiserie, which readied the height of its popularity in the 18th century. European craftsmen drew freely on the decorative motifs found on goods imported from China.
Chinoiserie
Term for a European style of art applied to furniture, ceramics, interior design, based on imaginary pseudo-Chinese motifs.
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François Boucher, Le Déjeuner, (1739, Louvre), shows a rocaille interior of a French bourgeois family in the 18th century. The porcelain statuette and vase add a touch of chinoiserie.
Europeans used the French term lachinage to describe their fascination with all things Oriental, including the Chinese porcelains they collected so avidly. Today's word for imported or imitated Japanese and Chinese objects, chinoiseries, ...
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