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  Borrowed Landscapes

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  Borrowed Landscapes

  The art and ornament of China and Japan have had a deep impact in the British Isles. From the seventeenth century onwards, the design and decoration of interiors and gardens in Britain and Ireland was profoundly influenced by the importation of Chinese and Japanese luxury goods, while domestic designers and artisans created their own fanciful interpretations of ‘oriental’ art. Those hybrid styles and tastes have traditionally been known as chinoiserie and japonisme, but they can also be seen as elements of the wider and still very relevant phenomenon of orientalism, or the way the West sees the East. Illustrated with a wealth of new photography and published in association with the National Trust, ‘Borrowed Landscapes’ is an engaging survey of orientalism in the Trust’s historic houses and gardens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  SKU: 9781781300985 Category: Art Tags: History of architecture, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, Landscape art & architecture, Oriental art

  £35.00