"Exoticism (from ´exotic´) is a trend in European art and design, whereby artists became fascinated with ideas and styles from distant regions, and drew inspiration from ...
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them. This often involved surrounding foreign cultures with mystique and fantasy which owed more to European culture than to the exotic cultures themselves: this process of glamorisation and stereotyping is called ´exoticization´." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.02.2020)