Chinoiserie: The Vision of Cathay

by Hugh Honour

Art History

294 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

A self-taught English art historian.

Reviews

[Zhi Zhi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It does give a very helpful overview of how chinoiserie came to dominate Western imagination. Honour’s prose is lyrical, but it gets drowned out by too many encyclopaedic details. I read this for research; otherwise I wouldn’t recommend reading this for entertainment. There are better options out there.