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Exoticism as taste

The word "exoticism" refers to something that is foreign to us, but also the attraction of strangeness and an imaginary elsewhere. So, for museum goers, the objects that the explorers brought back were charged with dreams of adventure.

Ariana Museum

“Chinese and Japanese room” on the first floor of the Ariana Museum, circa 1900. ©BGE, Centre d’iconographie genevoise