Chinoiserie (from the French chinoiserie, literally Chinese) - the use of motives and stylistic techniques of medieval Chinese art in European painting, arts and crafts, costume and design of garden and park ensembles, mainly of the 18th century.
Chinoiserie is a genre of stylization based on imitation of Eastern art, moreover, stylization of the exoticism of the East in general. Chinoiserie is one of the types of orientalism, and, in a broader sense, exoticism.
The chinoiserie trend emerged in the 17th century, in connection with the activities of the Dutch East India Trading Company, in the art of Delft faience and the imitation of Chinese lacquer furniture in Holland, then during the French Regency of the early 18th century. and in mid-century Rococo art. Chinoiserie is known in the art of Viennese Rococo (Austrian Baroque), Prussian, Rococo, Saxon Baroque-Rocaille in Dresden, Peter′s Baroque in Russia, English Neoclassicism, Chippendale style in furniture, and even during the period of Western European and Russian Art Nouveau.