#turquerie

[artssie]

Lilium Auratum (1871) by John Frederick Lewis

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Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.

In art history, the term Orientalism refers to the works of mostly 19th-century Western artists who specialized in Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century.

Chinoiserie media included imitations of lacquer and painted tin (tôle) ware that imitated japanning, early painted wallpapers in sheets, and ceramic figurines and table ornaments. The popularity of chinoiserie peaked around the middle of the 18th century when it was associated with the Rococo style.

Pleasure pavilions in "Chinese taste" appeared in the formal parterres of late Baroque and Rococo German palaces. The Yellow Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace is rife with chinoiserie designs. King George IV was a keen patron of chinoiserie, and had many rooms created in this style.

As a style, chinoiserie is related to the Rococo style. Both styles are characterized by exuberant decoration, asymmetry, a focus on materials, and stylized nature and subject matter that focuses on leisure and pleasure.

While Europeans frequently held inaccurate ideas about East Asia, this did not necessarily preclude their fascination and respect. It's suggested that the majority of Orientalism was derived out of a genuine fascination and admiration of Eastern cultures, not prejudice or malice. [x]

[rococo-revisited]

The Picnic in the Park by Christophe Huet, c. 1750

[gogmstuff]

1840 Princess Sophia of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly by William Corden after Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (Royal Collection). From Wikimedia; removed spots with Photoshop 1695X2000 @300 483kj.

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#turquerie #jardin #garden #gardendesign #gardeninspiration #gardenlove #gardening #jardins #parc #plant #plantbased #tree #naturephotography #landscapephotography (à Parc D'apremont) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYKVMkjmrw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[jeannepompadour]

"Young lady in a hat" by Jean-Baptiste Leprince (1734 - 1781)

[eucanthos]

Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789)

Presumed portrait of Laura Tarsi in Turkish dress, bodycolor on ivory 4 x 3¼ in. (10,2 x 8,3 cm.)  - Christies

Liotard met viscount Duncannon in Rome and followed him to Constantinople in 1738. Fascinated by the Orient, took to dressing up in Turkish dress which earned him the nickname of "The Turkish Painter", as well as the favor of European royalty and aristocracy (painted many of them attired in rich and elaborate Turkish clothes -sounds lucrative, after all he was also an art dealer-.) - jeanne de pompadour/turquerie-in-portrait-paintings.

[ Turquerie and Rococo with their romantic perspective coincide in European history expressing individuality, hedonism and a certain upper class emancipation. Could be seen as precursors of modern humanity’s materialistic superficiality (fueling escapism and propaganda) Thankfully we 're still evolving. ]