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The scarcity of firsthand knowledge left Europeans to develop their own ideas of what they imagined China to be like, and the sensational account of Marco Polo’s twelfth-century visit to the East largely set the tone. ĭragons & Pagodas explores the fascinating history of chinoiserie, a cultural phenomenon that first swept across Europe and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, revolutionizing taste and creating a new decorating style that has remained unwavering in popularity to this day. The imitation or evocation of Chinese motifs and techniques in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century.