Chinoiserie
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Chinoiserie is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and other Sinosphere artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and m
The Yellow Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace is rife with chinoiserie designs. King George IV was a keen patron of chinoiserie, and had many other rooms created in this style such as the Centre Room, also located in the East Wing.
A Vienna porcelain jug, 1799, decorated to imitate another rare Chinese product, lacquerware
The Chinese Garden, a chinoiserie painting by François Boucher; 1742; oil on canvas; 40.5 x 48 cm
The Great Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, built by Sir William Chambers
Rococo
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Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, is a Western style of architecture, art, and decoration that emerged in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the Louis XIV style. It is characterized by extensive o
Chinoiserie
…the 18th century due to the rise in trade with China (during the High Qing era) and the rest of East Asia. As a style, chinoiserie is related to the Rococo style. Both styles are characterized by exuberant decoration, asymmetry, a focus on materials, and stylized nature and subject matter that focuses on…
Salon de la princesse hotel de soubise
Fragonard, The Swing
The Music Lesson MET DP 14272 001
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