chinoiserie
Sign in to savethumb|350px|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.]] thumb|A Vienna porcelain jug, 1799, decorated to imitate another rare Chinese product, [[lacquerware]]
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Popularization
- Persistence after the 18th century
- Chinese porcelain
- Painting
- Interior design
- Architecture and gardens
- Tea
- Fashion
- Music
- Literary criticism
- See also
- References and sources
- External links
thumb|350px|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.]] thumb|A Vienna porcelain jug, 1799, decorated to imitate another rare Chinese product, [[lacquerware]]
'''' (, ; loanword from French chinoiserie, from chinois, "Chinese"; ) is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and other Sinosphere artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and music. The aesthetic of chinoiserie has been expressed in different ways depending on the region. It is related to the broader current of Orientalism, which studied Far East cultures from a historical, philological, anthropological, philosophical, and religious point of view. First appearing in the 17th century, this trend was popularized in the 18th century due to the rise in trade with China (during the High Qing era) and the rest of East Asia.