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China in the Frame
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ISBN: 1443873063 1322607869 9781322607863 9781443873062 9781443870719 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Mechanisms of representation of the cultural Other and their connections with processes of self-expression constitute the core of China in the Frame. This original ethnographic study of Chinese-themed displays of artworks in a selection of permanent and temporary exhibitions in Italy highlights specific forms of the materialisation of ideas of cultural identities. The Other represented by these displays is China, the identity of which is nowadays perceived by a wider western public, if not un.


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British Modernism and Chinoiserie
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ISBN: 1474422187 0748690964 9780748690978 0748690972 9780748690961 9780748690954 0748690956 Year: 2015

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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 Vorticists and others, who like their eighteenth-century forebears, turned to China as a cultural and aesthetic utopia. As part of Modernism's challenge to the 'universality' of so-called Western values and aesthetics, the turn to China would contribute much more than has been acknowledged to Modernist thinking. As these 10 new chapters demonstrate, China as an intellectual and aesthetic utopia dazzled intellectuals and aesthetes, at the same time the consumption of Chinese exoticism became commercialized. The essays show that from cutting-edge Modernist chic to mass culture and consumer products, the vogue for chinoiserie style and motifs permeated the art and design of the period. --Provided by publisher.


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Beautiful China
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ISBN: 9781443898027 1443890987 9781443890984 1443898023 Year: 2016 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne

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This volume discusses the centuries-old familiarity between Europe and China. It explores the European nations' admiration for the distant Asian country, and their attempt at capturing the meaning of its ancient culture and language.


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Orient et ornement : L’espace à l’œuvre ou le lieu de la peinture
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ISBN: 273512486X 2735124169 Year: 2019 Publisher: Paris : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme,

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Tout tableau est un fragment. Mais qui, du cadre ou du mur, construit le lieu de la peinture ? Que s’est-il passé lorsque cette énigme occidentale fut confrontée à l’époque moderne à une autre représentation du monde ? Si l’Europe des Lumières est souvent caractérisée par les chinoiseries et l’ornement rocaille, c’est un nouveau regard sur l’Extrême-Orient qui est analysé ici, celui qui lie l’histoire du tableau à une idée de l’espace transmise par les décors des objets venus d’Asie. Dans quelle mesure la présence réelle ou fantasmée de l’Orient a-t-elle modifié le rapport de la peinture au support qui la donne à voir ? Tel est l’objet de ce livre qui présente le changement de paradigme dans la construction du goût suscité par les notions orientales de paysage, de lointain et de vide, pour que le sort de la peinture se transforme. D’où vient la place particulière qu’elle acquiert au xviiie siècle ? De quelle façon fut bouleversée son exposition pour qu’elle devienne le tableau que nous connaissons aujourd’hui ?


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Islamic chinoiserie : the art of Mongol Iran
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ISBN: 1474469671 0748635831 9780748635832 9781474469678 9780748635825 0748635823 0748635815 9780748635818 9781474437202 1282136550 9781282136557 9780748635795 0748635793 9780748635801 0748635807 9786612136559 6612136553 1474437206 Year: 2009 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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"The Mongol invasion in the thirteenth century marked a new phase in the development of Islamic art. Trans-Eurasian exchanges of goods, people and ideas were encouraged on a large scale under the auspices of the Pax Mongolica. With the fascination of portable objects brought from China and Central Asia, a distinctive, hitherto unknown style – Islamic chinoiserie – was born in the art of Iran.This illustrated book offers a fascinating glimpse into the artistic interaction between Iran and China under the Mongols. By using rich visual materials from various media of decorative and pictorial arts – textiles, ceramics, metalwork and manuscript painting – the book illustrates the process of adoption and adaptation of Chinese themes in the art of Mongol-ruled Iran in a visually compelling way. The observation of this unique artistic phenomenon serves to promote the understanding of the artistic diversity of Islamic art in the Middle-Ages." -- Publisher's description.


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Contribution of X-ray Fluorescence Techniques in Cultural Heritage Materials Characterisation
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI Books

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Archaeometry and cultural heritage have lately taken advantage of developments in scientific techniques, offering valuable information to archaeology, art history, and conservation science, involving both instrumental and non-instrumental approaches. Among the possible techniques, X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) has become one of the most applied techniques for cultural heritage elemental material characterization due to its user friendliness; fast, short acquisition times; portability; and most of all, its absolutely non-destructive nature. For this reason, besides being often a first choice for a preliminary overall materials investigation, XRF spectrometers and spectra data handling methods have continuously improved, giving rise to many variations of the same technique; portable spectrometers, micro-probes, and large area scanners are all variations of a very flexible technique. This Special Issue collects papers dealing with most of the analytical techniques related to XRF spectroscopy appropriate for applications to Cultural Heritage materials. We dedicate this Special Issue to the loving memory of Professor Mario Milazzo, a pioneer of Archaeometry in Italy, awarded in 2002 the Gold Medal for Culture by the Italian President. He is remembered as a generous and pleasant man with an insightful, logical mind, who was able to find an appropriate joke for every situation. Many of us following his footsteps in the research field of applied physics for Cultural Heritage still appreciate his vision, teaching, and impact on our lives.


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Chinese art and its encounter with the world
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ISBN: 9882209793 9888053841 9789888053841 9789888083060 9888083066 Year: 2011 Publisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press,

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This book examines Chinese art from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, beginning with discussion of a Chinese portrait modeler from Canton who traveled to London in 1769, and ending with an analysis of art and visual culture in post-colonial Hong Kong. By means of a series of six closely-focused case studies, often deliberately introducing non-canonical or previously marginalized aspects of Chinese visual culture, it analyzes Chinese art's encounter with the broader world, and in particular with the West. Offering more than a simple charting of influences, it uncovers a pattern of richly mutual interchange between Chinese art and its others. Arguing that we cannot fully understand modern Chinese art without taking this expanded global context into account, it attempts to break down barriers between areas of art history which have hitherto largely been treated within separate and often nationally-conceived frames. Aware that issues of cultural difference need to be addressed by art historians as much as by artists, it represents a pioneering attempt to produce an art historical writing which is truly global in approach. It hopes to appeal both to those with a special interest in modern Chinese art and those who are only now becoming aware of this fascinating but previously under-explored field.


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Beyond chinoiserie
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ISBN: 9789004387829 9789004387836 9004387838 900438782X Year: 2019 Publisher: Leiden Boston

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"The complex interweaving of different Western visions of China had a profound impact on artistic exchange between China and the West during the nineteenth century. Beyond Chinoiserie addresses the complexity of this exchange. While the playful Western "vision of Cathay" formed in the previous century continued to thrive, a more realistic vision of China was increasingly formed through travel accounts, paintings, watercolors, prints, book illustrations, and photographs. Simultaneoulsy, the new discipline of sinology led to a deepening of the understanding of Chinese cultural history. Leading and emerging scholars in the fields of art history, literary studies and material culture, have authored the ten essays in this book that deal with artistic relations between China and the West at a time when Western powers' attempts to extend a sphere of influence in China led to increasingly hostile political interactions"--

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Civilization, Western --- Arts --- S02/0300 --- S04/0680 --- S17/1800 --- S17/1850 --- Chinese influences --- China: General works--Chinese culture and the World and vice-versa --- China: History--Qing: general: 1644 - 1912 --- China: Art and archaeology--Influence on Foreign art (incl. Chinoiserie) --- China: Art and archaeology--Chinese export art --- China --- Europe --- United States --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- Foreign public opinion, American. --- Foreign public opinion, European. --- History --- Relations --- International relations. --- Public opinion, American. --- Public opinion, European. --- Qing Dynasty (China). --- Chinese influences. --- 1644-1912. --- China. --- Europe. --- United States. --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ


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Collecting objects/excluding people
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ISBN: 1438443277 9781438443270 9781438443256 1438443250 Year: 2012 Publisher: Albany [N.Y.] State University of New York Press

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In Collecting Objects / Excluding People, Lenore Metrick-Chen demonstrates an unknown impact of Chinese immigration upon nineteenth-century American art and visual culture. The American ideas of "Chineseness" ranged from a negative portrayal to an admiring one and these varied images had an effect on museum art collections and advertising images. They brought new ideas into American art theory, anticipating twentieth-century Modernism. Metrick-Chen shows that efforts to construct a cultural democracy led to the creation of unforeseen new categories for visual objects and unanticipated social changes. Collecting Objects / Excluding People reveals the power of images upon culture, the influence of media representation upon the lives of Chinese immigrants, and the impact of political ideology upon the definition of art itself.

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Art and race. --- Art museums --- Art, Chinese --- Race and art --- Ethnopsychology --- Art --- Art collections --- Art galleries --- Galleries, Art --- Galleries, Public art --- Picture-galleries --- Public art galleries --- Public galleries (Art museums) --- Arts facilities --- Museums --- Chinese art --- Social aspects --- Collectors and collecting --- Galleries and museums --- China --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- Foreign public opinion, American --- History --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Art and race --- S02/0300 --- S17/1800 --- S17/2125 --- China: General works--Chinese culture and the West and vice-versa --- China: Art and archaeology--Influence on Foreign art (incl. Chinoiserie) --- China: Art and archaeology--Musea and exhibitions: USA


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Formes et figures du goût chinois dans les anciens Pays-Bas
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ISSN: 07721358 ISBN: 9782800414515 2800414510 Year: 2009 Volume: 37 Publisher: Bruxelles: Éd. de l'Université de Bruxelles,

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L’histoire de la chinoiserie est celle d’une ambition économique qui chercha à donner une nouvelle extension, maritime, aux anciennes routes de la soie afin de capter au profit des nombreuses Compagnies des Indes orientales, créées à cet effet, une partie des parts de marché qu’impliquait ce commerce avec l’Extrême-Orient. Ainsi envahirent l’Europe une foule de « produits de la Chine » – porcelaines, textiles, laques, objets de luxe – dont la possession a le plus souvent été un marqueur de distinction sociale. Le développement de la chinoiserie et du goût chinois au XVIIIe siècle est un phénomène européen, qui s’inscrit dans la dynamique même instaurée par la Pensée des Lumières, où l’on détecte un courant utopique fondé à la fois sur l’idée de la reconstitution d’un Éden perdu, et sur celle d’une communauté politique et sociale restaurée. Sur le plan stylistique, l’influence de la Chine s’est trouvée en phase avec les grandes tendances du goût régnant entre 1720-1770, dominé par la confusion des figures et de l’ornement ; les effets de surface dus à la découverte de matières nouvelles comme la porcelaine et la laque ; et l’imbrication des formes. Il est clair que l’appropriation du goût chinois en Europe s’est exprimée à travers une démarche dont il convient d’apprécier le caractère subversif, puisque l’art rocaille apparaît incontestablement comme une tentative de mettre entre parenthèses certains des principes de la représentation classique. Le déni du système perspectif, le refus d’utilisation du système proportionnel des ordres, l’expérimentation systématique de l’asymétrie, de fréquentes propositions pour des compositions non centrées, comme la légitimité reconnue à des variations non proportionnelles d’échelle sont autant d’éléments qui participent à la proposition d’un système de composition alternatif au système classique. Devant l’impossibilité évidente de proposer ici un aperçu complet de cette histoire d’influences, d’appropriations et de réinterprétations, les éditeurs ont choisi de privilégier certains pans de cette histoire, moins récemment investigués ou laissés parfois en friche. Ils ont pris l’option de centrer ce volume sur deux axes particuliers : privilégier, d’une part, l’étude des vecteurs de transmission de cette séduction ainsi que l’appréciation de la manière dont ces agents ont contribué à « colorer » les éléments transmis ; et attirer, d’autre part, l’attention sur l’intérêt et la qualité, souvent mésestimés, des « chinoiseries » réalisées dans nos régions au XVIIIe siècle.Des questionnements fondamentaux sont ici esquissés : sur le degré d’extension du concept (par rapport, notamment, à l’expression littéraire) ; sur le degré d’adéquation de ses formes et de ses expressions par rapport à la réalité chinoise ; sur la place occupée par la chinoiserie dans le discours et la culture globale des Lumières, sur les agents de la diffusion – en particulier les missionnaires – et les modalités de celle-ci. Dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux (1715-1792), la chinoiserie et le goût chinois ont beaucoup contribué à créer, dans les habitudes de vie et l’environnement familier des classes aristocratiques, une sociabilité élégante et distinguée. En ce sens, l’architecture pavillonnaire des jardins anglo-chinois - à Kew comme à Potsdam ou à Drottningholm par exemple, ou, dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux, à Enghien, Belœil ou Boekenberg -, matérialise des lieux de plaisance, voire de « libertinage » – au sens intellectuel – liés à de nouvelles formes de sensibilité, et même à de nouvelles formes de pensée, axées sur la discontinuité, la diversité et l’esthétique du fragment. Mais, surtout, au-delà, dans un pays d’étendue réduite, de tradition intellectuelle relativement conformiste, elle a incontestablement constitué un élément d’ouverture vers le mouvement des Lumières, et elle a sans aucun doute contribué à forger la prescience d’une certaine forme de cosmopolitisme et d’appréciation de l’altérité.

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History of civilization --- History of the Low Countries --- anno 1700-1799 --- China --- Architecture --- Art, Dutch --- Civilization, Modern --- Decoration and ornament --- 709.033 --- 709.492 --- S17/1800 --- Eighteenth century --- Dutch art --- Nieuwe Ploeg (Group of artists) --- Ploeg (Group of artists) --- Art, Decorative --- Decorative art --- Decorative design --- Design, Decorative --- Nature in ornament --- Ornament --- Painting, Decorative --- Art --- Decorative arts --- Arts and crafts movement --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Building --- Chinese influences --- History --- Arts Baroque and Rococo (1700 - 1800) --- Arts Europe Netherlands --- China: Art and archaeology--Influence on Foreign art (incl. Chinoiserie) --- Design and construction --- Netherlands --- The Netherlands --- Pays-Bas --- Países Baixos --- Holland --- Spanish Netherlands --- Pays-Bas espagnols --- Austrian Netherlands --- Pays-Bas autrichiens --- Oostenrijkse Nederlanden --- Southern Netherlands --- Pays-Bas méridionaux --- Zuidelijke Nederlanden --- Niderlandy --- Belanda --- Nederland --- Koninkrijk der Nederlanden --- Reino dos Países Baixos --- Royaume des Pays-Bas --- Kingdom of the Netherlands --- Países Bajos --- Holanda --- Nederlân --- Hulanda --- Beulanda --- Niderland --- Niderlande --- هولندا --- مملكة هولندا --- Mamlakat Hūlandā --- Olanda --- Payis-Bâs --- Países Baxos --- Aynacha Jach'a Markanaka --- Nirlan --- Niderland Krallığı --- Kē-tē-kok --- Landa --- Kerajaan Landa --- Нидерландтар --- Niderlandtar --- Нидерландтар Короллеге --- Niderlandtar Korollege --- Нідэрланды --- Каралеўства Нідэрланды --- Karaleŭstva Nidėrlandy --- Nederlands --- Niadaland --- Holandija --- Kraljevina Holandija --- Izelvroioù --- Нидерландия --- Niderlandii︠a︡ --- Кралство Нидерландия --- Kralstvo Niderlandii︠a︡ --- Països Baixos --- Нидерландсем --- Niderlandsem --- Нидерландсен Патшалăхĕ --- Niderlandsen Patshalăkhĕ --- Nizozemsko --- Paesi Bassi --- Regnu di i Paesi Bassi --- Iseldiroedd --- Nederlandene --- Niederlande --- Kéyah Wóyahgo Siʼánígíí --- Nižozemska --- Kralojstwo Nederlandow --- Madalmaad --- Ολλανδία --- Ollandia --- Hollandia --- Κάτω Χώρες --- Katō Chōres --- Βασίλειο των Κάτω Χωρών --- Vasileio tōn Katō Chōrōn --- Nederlando --- Reĝlando Nederlando --- Paisis Bajus --- Herbehereak --- Herbehereetako Erresumaren --- هلند --- Huland --- Niðurlond --- Háland --- Paîs Bas --- Neerlande --- Ísiltír --- Ríocht na hÍsiltíre --- Çheer Injil --- Çheer y Vagheragh --- Reeriaght ny Çheer Injil --- Tìrean Ìsle --- Hò-làn --- Недерлендин Нутг --- Nederlendin Nutg --- 네덜란드 --- Nedŏllandŭ --- Hōlani --- Nederlandia --- Pais Basse --- Regno del Paises Basse --- Нидерландтæ --- Niderlandtæ --- Нидерландты Къаролад --- Niderlandty Kʺarolad --- Konungsríkið Holland --- הולנד --- Holand --- ממלכת ארצות השפלה --- Mamlekhet Artsot ha-Shefelah --- Walanda --- Hollandi --- Нидерландла --- Niderlandla --- Нидерландланы Королевствосу --- Niderlandlany Korolevstvosu --- Néderlandzkô --- Нидерланд --- Iseldiryow --- Ubuholandi --- Ubuhorandi --- Nederilande --- Нидерланддар --- Niderlanddar --- Uholanzi --- Ufalme wa Nchi za Chini --- Нидерландъяс --- Niderlandʺi︠a︡s --- Нидерландъяс Корольув --- Niderlandʺi︠a︡s Korolʹuv --- Peyiba --- Holenda --- Keyatiya Nederlandan --- Payises Bashos --- פאייסיס באשוס --- Nīderlandeja --- Batavia --- Regni Nederlandiarum --- Nīderlandes Karaliste --- Nyderlandai --- Nyderlandų Karalystė --- Paixi Basci --- Paes Bass --- Ulanda --- Holland Királyság --- Keninkryk fan 'e Nederlannen --- Reino di Hulanda --- Холандија --- Кралство Холандија --- Kralstvo Holandija --- Pajjiżi l-Baxxi --- Hōrana --- Недерлатт --- Nederlatt --- Оцязорксши Недерлатт --- Ot︠s︡i︠a︡zorksshi Nederlatt --- Нидерландын Вант Улс --- Niderlandyn Vant Uls --- Tlanitlālpan --- Huēyitlahtohcāyōtl in Tlanitlālpan --- Eben Eyong --- Nederlaand --- オランダ --- Oranda --- オランダ王国 --- Oranda Ōkoku --- Ulanna --- Nethiland --- Nederlande --- Holandska --- Holland (Kingdom) --- Batavian Republic --- United Provinces of the Netherlands --- Intellectual life --- Décoration et ornement --- Art hollandais --- Civilisation --- Chinese influences. --- Chineses influences --- History. --- Histoire --- Influences chinoises --- Influence chinoise --- Vie intellectuelle --- DNHISTO DNETUDE DNARCHI DNART DNU-EUB EPUB-ALPHA-L EPUB-DNU-FT EPUB-LIV-FT LIVHISTO LIVETUDE LIVARCHI LIVART EDITIONSULB-B --- Chineses influences. --- Architecture, Primitive --- Decoration and ornament, Primitive --- Geschichte 1600-1800 --- Frankreich --- Decoration and ornament - Netherlands - History - 18th century --- Decoration and ornament - Netherlands - Chinese influences --- Architecture - Netherlands - Chinese influences - History - 18th century --- Art, Dutch - Chinese influences --- Civilization, Modern - 18th century --- Decoration and ornament - China - History --- Netherlands - Intellectual life - 18th century --- Arts décoratifs

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