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2. Orientalism - Wikipedia

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   Venice, the traditional trading partner of the Ottomans, was the earliest centre, with France becoming more prominent in the 18th century. Chinoiserie is the catch-all term for the fashion for Chinese themes in decoration in Western Europe, beginning in the late 17th century and peaking in waves, especially Rococo Chinoiserie, c. 1740–1770.

3. Christmas ornament - Wikipedia

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   Blown glass baubles for sale in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, Mexico.The town is known for its production of Christmas ornaments. [3] A fully decorated Christmas tree. The first decorated trees were adorned with apples, [4] white candy canes, and pastries in the shapes of stars, hearts and flowers.

4. Ornament and Crime - Wikipedia

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   Only in 1929 was the essay published in German in the Frankfurter Zeitung, as Ornament und Verbrechen. It was the architect Henry Kulka , who assisted Loos during a reprint of the essay in 1931 in Trotzdem , that altered the original year to 1908 after he consulted Loos, who either didn't remember well or wanted to assume primacy in the ...

5. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   Rawson, Jessica, Chinese Ornament: The lotus and the dragon, 1984, British Museum Publications, ISBN 0-7141-1431-6; Tabbaa, Yasser, The transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival, I.B.Tauris, 2002, ISBN 1-85043-392-5, ISBN 978-1-85043-392-7, google books; James Trilling The Language of Ornament

6. Category:Ornaments - Wikipedia

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   Ornaments are decorations added to an object, building, or structure, in any artistic or architectural style, including: Ceramics; Furniture; Glass; Leather; Printing see also: illuminated manuscripts; Textiles and Weaving; Wallpaper

7. Chinoiserie - Wikipedia

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   Chinoiserie entered European art and decoration in the mid-to-late 17th century; the work of Athanasius Kircher influenced the study of Orientalism.The popularity of chinoiserie peaked around the middle of the 18th century when it was associated with the Rococo style and with works by François Boucher, Thomas Chippendale, and Jean-Baptist Pillement.