British Modernism and Chinoiserie

Explores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early-twentieth century Britain GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748690954','ISBN:9780748690961']); 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 idealized notion of China, chinoiserie was revived in in London’s avant-garde circles, the Bloomsbury group, the Vor