Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… Museum of Fine Arts, M. Theresa B Hopkins Fund, 49.6, 1771. Abstract During the long eighteenth century, a huge wave of exotic mania led to various social interactions characterised by the refinement of manners and the love of luxury. The term ‘exotic’ was associated with unfamiliar flora and fauna as well as with rare objects exhibited in places of sociability … interest of collectors resulting in the exotic modes of chinoiserie and turquerie . Concepts > Taste & Manners Keywords Animals Australia Chinoiserie Collecting Commerce Exoticism Menageries North America During the long eighteenth century, …
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