Generous use of gilding and lacquerwork, a fondness for blue and white contrast, rejection of western perspective and the adoption of Chinese-style layout and motifs are the hallmarks of Chinoiserie, which at heart was a mixture of the Baroque and Rococo art styles popular at the time.
例如牆壁上大面積的貼金和髹漆，瓷器或壁畫愛用藍白色對比，不用西洋傳統的透視畫法，採用東方的圖案和花紋，都是中國風的佐證。學到皮毛，學不到精神