View Modelled by Paul Scheurich in the form of a chinoiserie figure with a long pigtail at the rear, the head and shoulders forming the cover, wearing a green-lined tunic subtly shaded in yellow, the ...

Nicole Kidman was reportedly paid $2 million (£1.5 million) to wear this yellow, chinoiserie-embroidered Dior gown designed by John Galliano. 10 Marilyn Monroe - $5.6 million ...

Chinoiserie was not only a style but an ideology. The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the ...

Chinoiserie provided an escape from the strict symmetry and restraint of the Baroque period, offering a new artistic outlet. Charlottenburg Palace Porcelain Room (Germany) ...

Application of the term chinoiserie to this class of Meissen porcelains is problematic, however, because Johann Gregor Höroldt and his painters developed ideas from a variety of sources and referred ...

From chinoiserie to Fu Manchu: how Britain's Oriental romance turned sour Poet Hannah Lowe scooped this year's Costa Prize for The Kids. In two new books, she tries to solve the riddle of her ...

Red-crowned cranes, phoenixes, clouds, traditional Chinese style gardens and architecture－elements of chinoiserie－have become more prevalent in consumer goods like clothes, cosmetics and food ...