…Marie de Medici had already ordered artists to make various items in the “Chinese style,” and the “Ceramic Trianon” at Versailles, built by architect Louis Le Bau for Louis XIV, was the catalyst for the popularity of Sinocentrism. The use of lacquer techniques, Chinese motifs in furniture, decorative panels, and ceramic painting (arabesque patterns and the so-called singerie with monkeys, people wearing Chinese-style clothing and hats, sailing boats, fishermen, gazebos, towers, etc.), and Chinese and English natural gardens appeared. There was a range of styles from complete imitation to original adoption and development, but the trends were basically along the lines of Baroque and Rococo decorative aesthetics. … *Some terminology explanations that mention "singerie" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…すでにマリー・ド・メディシスは,工芸家たちにさまざまな品を〈中国風〉にすることを命じ,建築家ルイ・ル・ボーがルイ14世のために建てたベルサイユの〈陶器のトリアノン〉は,中国趣味流行の契機となる。うるし技法の使用,家具や装飾パネル,陶器絵付けにおける中国風モティーフ(唐草模様やそれに猿を配したいわゆるサンジュリーsingerie,笠をかぶり中国風の衣装の人物,帆かけ舟や釣り人,あずまや,塔など)の採用,中国風,イギリス風の自然庭園などがあらわれる。そこには完全な模倣から独自な摂取と展開があるが,基本的にはバロック,ロココの装飾美学の線に沿った流行である。… ※「singerie」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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