The Orient expressed
Subtitle: Japan's influence on Western art, 1854-1918
By: Gabriel P. Weisberg ; essays by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu ... [et al.].
Contributors: Chu, Petra ten-Doesschate; Mississippi Museum of Art; McNay Art Museum
Series: The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin memorial exhibition series; Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin memorial exhibition series
Publisher: Mississippi Museum of Art; in association with University of Washington Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jackson; Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781887422192
Subjects: Japonism; Exhibitions
Description: "In 1872, the critic Phillipe Burty coined the term Japonisme to describe the fascination with Japanese art and culture that swept into France and beyond, maintaining itself in the visual and decorative arts as well as architecture, music, theatre, literature, and graphic design." -- from publisher.
Notes: Issued in connection with an exhibition held Feb. 19-July 17, 2011, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, and Oct. 5, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rethinking Japonisme: the popularization of a taste  -- Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Trade and tradition : Japan and the Dutch Golden Age / -- Laurinda S. Dixon; title: Chinoiserie and Japonism  -- Petra ten-Doesschate Chu; title: "Those naughty little geishas": the gendering of Japonisme  -- Sarah Sik; title: Japonisme and cultural appropriation  -- Elizabeth K. Mix; title: Japonisme and Scandinavia -- Erica L. Warren.