Asia in the making of Europe. Volume II, A century of wonder. book 1, Visual arts [electronic resource] / Donald F. Lach.

By:

Lach, Donald F. (Donald Frederick), 1917-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1970.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 241 p.) : illISBN:

9780226467108 (electronic bk.)
0226467104 (electronic bk.)

Other title:

Century of wonder
Visual arts

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Asia in the making of Europe.DDC classification:

940 22

LOC classification:

CB203 .L32eb v.2,bk.1

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter I: Collections of Curiosities; Chapter II: The Individual Arts; Chapter III: The Iconography of Asian Animals; Chapter IV: Epilogue: Naturalism, Symbolism, and Ornament; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This is the second volume in a series that traces, century by century, the role of Asia in the making of Europe. The rise to world dominance of the Western nations in modern times and the rapid industrial growth of the West, which outpaced the East in technical and military achievements, have led to a historical eclipse of the ancient and brilliant cultures of Asia. Historican Donald F. Lach, in his influential scholarly work, Asia in the Making of Europe, points out that an eclipse is never permanent, that this one was never total, and that there was a period in early modern times when Asia a.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-236) and index.

This is the second volume in a series that traces, century by century, the role of Asia in the making of Europe. The rise to world dominance of the Western nations in modern times and the rapid industrial growth of the West, which outpaced the East in technical and military achievements, have led to a historical eclipse of the ancient and brilliant cultures of Asia. Historican Donald F. Lach, in his influential scholarly work, Asia in the Making of Europe, points out that an eclipse is never permanent, that this one was never total, and that there was a period in early modern times when Asia a.

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Asia in the making of Europe. Volume II, A century of wonder. book 1, Visual arts [electronic resource] / Donald F. Lach.