How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design
How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/t-magazine/japonisme-paris-western-design.html How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design In the late 19th century, Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship overtook Paris, inspiring a movement that would radically transform Europe’s visual culture. “Florence Peterson Lying Down, in a Floral Kimono,” circa 1909-10, a cyanotype image taken by the French-born photographer Paul Burty Haviland, whose grandfather the art critic Philippe Burty coined the term “Japonisme.”Credit...Pho...