LibGuides: Resources in Art and Architecture on the Web: Styles & Influences

Styles & Influences

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts & Material Culture: China
Digitized historical illustrated books about the influence of China and the style of Chinoiserie.
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts & Material Culture: Classical Antiquity
Digitized historical illustrated books about the influence of the Classical world on later eras.
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts & Material Culture: Japan -- Influence
Digitized historical illustrated books about the influence of Japan on western art.
An Introduction to Orientalist Painting
Essay by Julia Tugwell, Curator at the British Museum.
L'Art Arabe d'après les Monuments du Kaire
Lithographs of Islamic architecture in Egypt, published in 1877. From NYPL.

William Chambers. Desseins des Edifices, Meubles, Habits, Machines, et Ustenciles des Chinois: "Les Jardins de Chinois". Engraving, 1757. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Public domain.