Editing Chinese art (section)

== Chinoiserie ==
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Chinoiserie is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions, especially in the [[decorative arts]], [[garden design]], [[architecture]], literature, theatre, and music.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31805?redirectedFrom=Chinoiserie#eid9510224|title = Chinois|publisher = [[The Oxford English Dictionary]]|access-date = 2015-12-09}}</ref> 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 and East Asia.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Chinese Whispers: Chinoiserie in Britain, 1650–1930|last = Beevers|first = David|publisher = Royal Pavilion & Museums|year = 2009|isbn = 978-0-948723-71-1|location = Brighton|page = 19}}</ref>

As a style, chinoiserie is related to the [[rococo]] style.<ref>{{cite web |last=Victoria and Albert Museum |title=Style Guide: Chinoiserie |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-chinoiserie/ |access-date=12 April 2018 |website=www.vam.ac.uk}}</ref> Both styles are characterized by exuberant decoration, asymmetry, a focus on materials, and stylized nature and subject matter that focuses on leisure and pleasure. Chinoiserie focuses on subjects that were thought by [[colonialism|colonial-era]] Europeans to be typical of Chinese culture.

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Chinesisches Teehaus Potsdam IMG 3489.jpg|The [[Chinese House (Potsdam)|Chinese House]], a chinoiserie garden pavilion in [[Sanssouci Park]], from [[Potsdam]], Germany

Kneehole writing table MET DP-14204-115.jpg|Kneehole writing table; circa 1760; mahogany, mahogany veneer and gilt bronze; 88.9 × 97.8 × 62.2&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)

File:Audience of the Chinese Emperor MET DP169241.jpg|Audience of the Chinese Emperor; 1766; hard-paste porcelain; overall: 39.8 × 33.2 × 21.7&nbsp;cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

File:Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant) MET DT8887.jpg|Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant); 1770–1775; painted and varnished oak, mahogany, purplewood and gilt-bronze mounts; 152.4 × 67.9 × 34&nbsp;cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art

File:Jean-Baptiste Pillement - Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres... - Google Art Project (6712370).jpg|Ornamental Design from "Nouvelle suite de cahiers chinois a l'usage des Dessinateurs et des peintres"; after 1775; etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper; [[Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum]] (New York City)

File:Eduard Gaertner - The Chinese Room in the Royal Palace, Berlin - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Chinese Room in the Royal Palace (Berlin)''; 1850; brush and watercolor and gouache, graphite on white wove paper; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

File:Pair of round, flat bodied bottles MET DP-1687-026.jpg|Pair of round and flat bodied bottles; 1870–1880; porcelain; first bottle: 26.4 × 21 × 10.6&nbsp;cm, second bottle: 25.7 × 20.2 × 10.2&nbsp;cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:Moscow 05-2017 img44 Tea House at Myasnitskaya.jpg|The Tea House at Myasnitskaya Street in [[Moscow]] (Russia)
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