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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"chinoiserie"”.
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Chinoiserie in the novels of Robert Hans van Gulik
… investigated through the interpretive lens of chinoiserie --an extension of Edward Said's Orientalism, named for a design aesthetic that featured the creation of "Chinese" goods by European artisans who were less interested in closely emulating Chinese styles than in creating fashionable …
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Secondhand Chinoiserie and the Confucian Revolutionary: Colonial America's Decorative Arts "After the Chinese Taste"
<p>This thesis explores the implications of chinoiserie, or Western creations of Chinese-style decorative arts, upon an eighteenth century colonial American audience. Chinese products such as tea, porcelain, and silk, and goods such as furniture and wallpaper displaying Chinese motifs of distant …
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"A painterly performance of politeness: Jean-Étienne Liotard’s ""Still Life: Tea Set"" and identity in eighteenth-century England"
… image as an academic exercise, depiction of the chinoiserie craze, or as evidence of the aging artist’s waning virtuosity, as other scholars have done, I argue that Still Life: Tea Set functioned as an active agent within its specific social matrix. Utilizing eighteenth-century sources as well as …
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Woven pleasure: continuity and change in Persian carpet making during the Ṣafavīd period
… clouds and cloudbands, and animals known as “chinoiserie.” This evolution continued during the Tīmūrīd period in the 15th century. Since chinoiserie contributed to the evolution of Persian arts, including carpets that preceded the so-called “revolution” in carpet design, this study also …
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Saltram House: The Evolution of an Eighteenth-Century Country Estate
… and their involvement will also be examined. The Chinoiserie style, with a focus on the lesser known Chinese wallpaper collection will also be examined bringing new knowledge to an understudied subject. Some discussion will be made of the well-known Robert Adam interiors of Saltram House. The …
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Shugborough Hall, the Ansons and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire
… us with vital new context for Shugborough’s Chinoiserie collection. As the family seat, Shugborough Hall was a fluid and dynamic space through which the Ansons articulated their global identity. The estate became a space in which family members could bring their different experiences, ideas …