Chinoiserie
$30.63
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2021
Summary
From blue-and-white china tea sets to entire suites of Chinese-inspired rooms, Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century.
Despite taking its name from the French word for ‘Chinese’, the style also incorporated influences from other Asian countries, helping to shape the period’s popular fantasy of the ‘exotic Orient’. Wealthy consumers jostled to obtain imported wallpap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784424640 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784424641 |
| Author: | Richard Hayman |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Shire Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 144mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Shire Library |
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Critics Review
With over 50 full-colour illustrations, this small book is a delightful and informative introduction to an interesting phenomenon.
With over 50 full-colour illustrations, this small book is a delightful and informative introduction to an interesting phenomenon. * The Historian *
Richard Hayman
Richard Hayman is an independent historian and archaeologist who writes about the cultural history of buildings and places in Britain. He has written several titles for Shire, including Rood Screens, Wrought Iron and Illuminated Manuscripts.
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