PREFERRED TERM
Japonisme
DEFINITION
- A French term that describes the 19th-century European artists' interest in Japanese art, culture, and aesthetics. The influence of Japan can be seen in much French art of the later 19th century, such as the asymmetrical compositions of Edgar Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec, and the flat patterns and pure colours of Paul Gauguin.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
- japanese style
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Japonisme
French
Giapponismo
Italian
Japonismo
Spanish
estilo japonés
japanesque
japonaiserie
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/693
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