Japonisme is the term for the influence of Japanese art and design on European and American art in the second half of the 19th century. It followed the opening of Japan to foreign trade in the 1850s, which brought Japanese woodblock prints, ceramics and textiles to Europe, and it was boosted by displays at the international exhibitions in London and Paris. Painters such as Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and James McNeill Whistler admired the flat colors, bold compositions and unusual viewpoints of prints by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige. The French critic Philippe Burty coined the term in 1872. The trend also shaped Art Nouveau and decorative arts.
Before and after
- 26 November 1857Birth of Ferdinand de Saussure
- 3 December 1857Birth of Joseph Conrad
- from 1858 to 1947British Raj
- 1858Natural selection
- 1858Rise of Japonisme
- from 11 February 1858 to 16 July 1858Lourdes apparitions
- 15 April 1858Birth of Émile Durkheim
- 23 April 1858Birth of Max Planck
- 15 May 1858Construction of Royal Opera House
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The era
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