Wall-painting after Chinese fashion in Bohemia.
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kunst und Denkmalpflege |
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| Keywords | Czechia, 18th century, wall-painting, chinoiserie |
| Description | This article examines wall-paintings and other wall decorations designed after the Chinese fashion, in the eighteenth century, which are preserved in former aristocratic residences in the Czech Republic. The readers’ attention is directed toward the locally made decorations which represent various stages and modes of this kind of chinoiserie in Bohemia, and which have not been put together in a single survey before. The earliest group of interiors, imitating lacquer, seldom survived and is now rare. Most of the interiors feature wall-paintings which draw on French chinoiserie rather than Chinese originals, there also are painted emulations of Delft tiles with ‘Chinese’ images. Illusionist exotic landscapes, which are closely related, are also discussed. These categories reflect the diversity of chinoiserie in wall decorations, and, to a certain extent, follow chronological order. |