Pagodas and dragons
Photo: Rouen, Oval dish with fretted edges (detail),
Sèvres, National Museum of Ceramics
© Photo RMN - M. Beck-Coppola
Exoticism and fantasy in Rococo Europe 1720-1770
This exhibition brings together an emblematic selection of 150 works and objects inspired by China and other countries of the Far East. The most diverse techniques (tapestries, earthenware, porcelain, painting, goldsmith's work) bear witness to the beauty and fantasy of the Rococo period (circa 1690-circa 1770). An audiovisual replaces this fashion in its architectural and landscaped context, and the catalog, a veritable sum on the subject, brings together the contributions of the best European specialists.
Curator: Georges Brunel, Curator General, Director of the Cognacq-Jay Museum
February 23 Open Exhibition at 24 June 2007
