British Modernism and Chinoiserie

British Modernism and Chinoiserie
Edited by Anne Witchard
Explores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early-twentieth century Britain
This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British Modernism. Traditionally defined as a decorative style that conjured a fanciful and idealised notion of China, chinoiserie was revived among London’s avant-garde circles, the Bloomsbury group, the Vorticists and oth...