Chinoiserie: Learn the history of this iconic style

[@buzzkincaid5521]

A favorite style , fantastic images from the reimagined European interpretation of the East.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

I am fascinated by it too!

[@LovelyCrane.]

The interaction of two cultures - you've hit on such an interesting and relevant topic! I came across your video while researching chinoiserie wallpaper and I was always curious to learn how and why Chinese aesthetic became so popular in Europe. I'm also glad to learn that it started as a true appreciation of the Chinese culture, rather than a form of appropriation. I love the timeless look of chinoiserie and I'm on a mission to design and hand paint my own chinoiserie wallpaper. Thank you for this great video!

[@Cultural_Encounters]

That's so neat that you're hand painting your own chinoiserie wallpaper! What sources are you using for inspiration?

[@LovelyCrane.]

@@Cultural_Encounters I saw that you had suggested to someone else the Met Museum's website, so I'm going to look there. I'm also really inspired by de Gournay''s beautiful wallpaper, which in turn is inspired by other works of art, so mine will probably be a rift on that. De Gournay also has a really good video on KZbin about their process for hand painting on silk wallpaper. Do you have any suggestions? I would love to hear them. I'm also happy to find another person with similar interests!

[@epluribusunum1460]

@@LovelyCrane. the finest fabric houses have archival files, many with chinoiserie as it is always popular. Schumacher is one I’d recommend, also Lee Jofa, And you should look at the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, wonderfully crazy chinoiserie. Also, the ultimate furniture tastemaker, Chippendale, made exquisite use of the motifs. Search for his green suite; it is marvelous.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

@@LovelyCrane. Those are great places to start. The US Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons, and parismuseescollections.paris.fr might also be worth a look!

[@LovelyCrane.]

@@epluribusunum1460 Wow thank you, I'll look into those! 👍

[@JJ33438]

Thank yu - yes I love it use it in my home and on my dining dishes.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Lovely!

[@melissaalp5972]

Thank you, this was very interesting. I am just starting to take and interest in Chinoiserie . My style/interests have changed over the years and this is so beautiful ! So glad I came across your channel .

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for watching! What part of Chinoiserie interests you the most? The porcelain, the furniture, or the interior decoration style as a whole?

[@mariellinda8624]

I love this style. I am a black girl and I wanted to respectfully wear this pattern in September, but I wanted to make sure I understood some of its history. It also reminds me of antebellum South. From a child I highly regarded chinoiserie.

[@patstreet6690]

Thanks for educating me on this.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Any time! 😉

[@rishibasu4857]

So well articulated and presented. Thank you for this delightful insight ❤

[@phoebe_ouma]

What a great video, so glad I came across this. I'm interested in finding books on the subject of Chinoiserie to bring that sort of life into my illustrations. I'm finding it a rare commodity on the internet. Well done 👏🏾👏🏾

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks! What kind of illustrations do you do? If you're looking for resources, the Met Museum's website has a lot of Chinoiserie objects in high resolution. They're all public domain images IIRC

[@phoebe_ouma]

@@Cultural_Encounters Thank you so much for letting me know. I'll definitely have a look on their website. I do fashion Illustrations with a focus on African designers and dark skinned women . I like to challenge myself and add interesting techniques of things that intrigue me in my work especially of it's not something for a client but an art print I'm creating. Lately I've been obsessing over toile de jouy (doing my best to master that ) now I want to add chinoiserie themes in my work (that's how I came across your amazing videos while researching)

[@Cultural_Encounters]

@@phoebe_ouma Awesome! That sounds really fascinating. Have you heard of Serge Mouangue and Wafrica? He makes Kimonos with African fabric. I think it's a really beautiful fusion!

[@phoebe_ouma]

@@Cultural_Encounters I haven't but I'll check him out , thank you for the recommendation.

[@elenap3096]

Excellent video highlighting the history of Chinoiserie style!

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for watching!

[@happymomXO]

Thank you for this!

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@music_by_carlos]

thanks dude! currently doing HW for my cross cultural art history class :)

[@Cultural_Encounters]

That sounds like an awesome class!

[@1234annacalifornia]

Thank you for an interesting video, I am an interior designer and had forgotten the origins. Your video is clear and concise. Thank you 🎉

[@music_by_carlos]

love the music selection

[@Cultural_Encounters]

😍

[@alterI4]

This is awesome! i initially started researching this subject because I was curious if any 18th century composers ever studied Asian music, but only found Chinoiserie. Though This is a great step towards learning more about 18th Century’s perspective on Non western cultures.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

That's a fascinating question! Did you find any composers that did?

[@epluribusunum1460]

Another interesting cross-cultural area: fabric. I love what is called “Indienne” patterns which are French country adaptations of Indian design.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

@@epluribusunum1460 I just looked it up, that's neat!

[@Jackson-nr2mw]

The Qianlong emperor, during the 18th century, commissioned quite a few pieces of music from European (itialian i believe?) composers who travelled there. I believe they were missionaries who wanted to spread Christianity in china, but the emperor more interested in their music.

[@BlameThande]

I recently found a reference in The Gentleman's Magazine from around 1756 to a Western musician asking a Chinese musician to play a tune so he could transcribe it. There were European adaptations of the Chinese opera "The Orphan of Zhao" at the time (often with a lot of changes) but they cut the songs because nobody had access to them (I believe).

[@eddiealva4453]

Great lesson! There was a maritime route for Peruvian silver, Lima, Acapulco, Manila and it was porcelain and timber on the way back. Greetings from Perú.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

That's so interesting! Was it passing through the Philippines? I loved learning about Peru's fascinating history when I visited about ten years ago.

[@music_by_carlos]

very well made video ! big up!

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks! :)

[@96Samar96]

Thank you for the lovely informative video!

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@patriciarobinson5909]

I think it’s a classic look too!

[@haoruchen4216]

I spent 3 years on the research of this topic.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Wow! What was the most interesting thing you learned about it? Did I miss anything important in the video?

[@igaluitchannel6644]

Great video.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for watching!

[@krakowian]

thank you, very interesting

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for watching!

[@marianagraniel7019]

Me gustó mucho!!!

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Me alegro. ¡Gracias por ver!

[@katrussell6819]

Good job on the graphics, information and presentation. Consider better music that is softer and melts into the background.. Also, consider using a thumbprint view of yourself since we really want to see the cool images. I'm subscribing.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@kimmaddison8686]

Nice i love this style ❤

[@Cultural_Encounters]

The best of east meets west!

[@setiyantisoetedjo7109]

Love love love love the style and design of wall paper,,Furnitures,, plates ,vases tea set we can colaborete wirh european style too 💙💙😉😎

[@setiyantisoetedjo7109]

East meet west💙💙

[@isabellabornberg2153]

Do you have good introductory literature?

[@lapetitemortem2]

Right on❤️

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks!

[@6Euphoria6]

2:04 this is starting to sound like Ancient Egypt. Their poreclain/riches put them in danger in the eyes of outsiders

[@alexos8741]

The funny thing is that in Asia there was a "Europerie" trend too, where in Japan, China and other countries they built with European styles.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Wow, I'd love to see that!

[@rickmao1809]

@@Cultural_Encounters 圆明园就是中西合璧的建筑，不过很可惜已经被毁了。

[@harmonk8012]

Fun fact. In todays nomenclature, this would be 'fan art.'

[@juditilles7443]

Was it the case that at the outset of Chinoiserie's development, the English traveled with pieces of furniture to Asia to be handprinted by local artisans, to ensure authenticity?

[@Cultural_Encounters]

I think at the beginning they weren't very concerned with authenticity. By the end, Chinoiserie had become its own thing.

[@ixlnxs]

❤ Great work, but since you seem to understand the importance of correctly pronouncing words and names, please note that Johan Nieuhof was Dutch and therefore the "nieu" does NOT rhyme with the French "vieu" but sounds like the "ee" in "bee" or "see" followed by a "w." Think "freeway" and say "Neewhof" ❤

[@metaverseplayer]

Interesting channel. Would be good to incorporate Africa in your content.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

Thanks for watching and absolutely! Stay tuned for something new hopefully in December :)

[@missmurrydesign7115]

Delicious...

[@andytang8679]

Good timing friend...... i attached your Chinoiserie vid or shared it to quora to prove "Made In China" not "made in china" was the originator of quality before China was Raped, Ransacked, Pillaged by the collective imperialist West! and Japan lol your vid may help prove point or destroy the myth that China is known for bad products or is always known for bad quality and China only ever copies!!! when it was the West that was desperately trying to and failing to copy the "style" which was made up of various different Chinese goods and products from various different eras... the West was after the general Eastern aesthetic..... and im sure everything from the East all got lumped in together in one homogenous style etc I should in fact write this in that video lol dont worry youre doing good.... because im using vid to debunk falsehood

[@leongliyang6946]

i wonder how do these ancient human communication. Must be chicken and duck talkie

[@carolynrosser1574]

If you are going to appear in your video you should at least comb your hair and not look like you just crawled out of bed. Good info and pictures but your messy look is very distracting.

[@Cultural_Encounters]

I'll keep that in mind! Thanks for the suggestion

[@epluribusunum1460]

Thanks for your excellent content, and especially for your authenticity. You engaged me, I felt I was having a direct conversation with you, and I didn’t notice your hair.

[@hannahb.375]

@@Cultural_Encounters what a classy response to a gross comment. Your appearance is fine and your response speaks to a level of class the OG commenter obviously does not posses.

[@pricklypear7516]

From what, exactly, do you find yourself "distracted"? Unless you're his mother, that was a totally unnecessary observation. Of far greater importance was his presentation. That was a huge amount of material delivered spontaneously, confidently, and sincerely, without sounding as if he were reading a script.

[@sharonchilds3871]

Great content! Keep doing what you’re doing. I love Chinoiserie