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Japonism (Topical Term)

Number of records used in: 3
Preferred form: Japonism
Used for/see from:
  • Japanism (Art)
  • Japonisme
See also:

Work cat.: 2006298177: Lambourne, Lionel. Japonisme : cultural crossings between Japan and the West, c2005.

Oxford art online, consulted, May 5, 2009: Japonisme (French term used to describe a range of European borrowings from Japanese art. It was coined in 1872 by the French critic, collector and printmaker Philippe Burty to designate a new field of study artistic, historic and ethnographic, encompassing decorative objects with Japanese designs (similar to 18th-century Chinoiserie), paintings of scenes set in Japan, and Western paintings, prints and decorative arts influenced by Japanese) aesthetics.

Art and architecture thesaurus, consulted online, May 5, 2009: Japonisme (also Japonism, Japanism)

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