chinoiserie

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C0304700 (shēn′wäz-rē′)n.1. A style in art reflecting Chinese influence through use of elaborate decoration and intricate patterns.2. An object reflecting Chinese artistic influence.

[French, from chinois, Chinese, from Chine, China.]

chinoiserie

(ʃiːnˌwɑːzəˈriː; -ˈwɑːzərɪ) n1. (Art Terms) a style of decorative or fine art based on imitations of Chinese motifs2. (Art Terms) an object or objects in this style[French, from chinois Chinese; see -ery]

chi•noi•se•rie

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(sometimes cap.) 1. a style of ornamentation using motifs identified as Chinese. 2. an object decorated in this style. [1880–85; < French, =chinois Chinese + -erie -ery]

chinoiserie

anything typically Chinese or made in a Chinese manner.See also: Art, China

chinoiserie

Decoration on eighteenth-century European porcelain, depicting Chinese scenes.

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chinoiserie - a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patternedgenre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

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chinoiserie

(shēnwäzrē`), decorative work produced under the influence of Chinese art, applied particularly to the more fanciful and extravagant manifestations. Intimations of Eastern art reached Europe in the Middle Ages in the porcelains brought by returning travelers. Eastern trade was maintained during the intervening centuries, and the East India trading companies of the 17th and 18th cent. imported Chinese lacquers and porcelains. Dutch ceramics quickly showed the influence of Chinese blue-and-white porcelains. In the middle of the 18th cent. the enthusiasm for Chinese objects affected practically every decorative art applied to interiors, furniture, tapestries, and bibelots and supplied artisans with fanciful motifs of scenery, human figures, pagodas, intricate lattices, and exotic birds and flowers. In France the Louis XV style gave especial opportunities to chinoiserie, as it blended well with the established rococorococo
, style in architecture, especially in interiors and the decorative arts, which originated in France and was widely used in Europe in the 18th cent. The term may be derived from the French words rocaille and coquille
..... Click the link for more information. . Whole rooms, such as those at Chantilly, were painted with compositions in chinoiserie, and Watteau and other artists brought consummate craftsmanship to the style. Thomas Chippendale, the chief exponent in England, produced a unique and decorative type of furniture. The craze early reached the American colonies. Chinese objects, particularly fine wallpapers, played an important role in the adornment of rooms, and especially in Philadelphia the style had a pronounced effect upon design.

Bibliography

See study by H. Honour (1961).

Chinoiserie

A Western style of architecture and decoration, utilizing Chinese design elements.

chinoiserie

A Western European and English architectural and decorative fashion employing Chinese ornamentation and structural elements, particularly in 18th cent. Rococo design.

chinoiserie

1. a style of decorative or fine art based on imitations of Chinese motifs 2. an object or objects in this style

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