Date of Award
Summer 8-1-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Tara Zanardi
Second Advisor
Susanna Cole
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis introduces “reverse-chinoiserie” to describe the Qing court’s reappropriation of European Rococo aesthetics in imperial porcelain. Through case studies of 18th-century ceramic diplomacy and design, it reveals how cultural imitation was reengineered into visual sovereignty. It examines how China responded to, absorbed, and redirected European fantasies of empire.
Recommended Citation
Ye, Yifan (Mia), "Reverse-Chinoiserie: Qing Imperial Porcelain and the Reappropriation of European Rococo" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1407
