Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II, Book 1

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The Century of Wonder Written by Donald F. Lach 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,...

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The Century of Wonder

Written by Donald F. Lach

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.

Historian 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 and Europe were close rivals in brilliance and mutual influence.

Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together “everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders’ accounts and maps” (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.

Book One
Introduction
1. Collections of Curiosities
1. Portugal and Spain
2. Antwerp and the Low Countries
3. Germany and Austria
4. France and England
5. Italy
Appendix: Sample Asian Items Collected in Europe
2. The Individual Arts
1. Manueline Architecture and Sculpture
2. Painting
3. Woodcuts and Engravings
4. Textiles, Tapestries, and Costumes
5. Ceramics
6. Woods, Furniture, and Lacquerware
7. Precious Metals, Gems, and Jewelry
3. The Iconography of Asian Animals
1. The Elephant
A. Antiquity and the Middle Ages
B. African Elephants of the Quattrocento
C. The Elephant of Rome
D. Raphael an his School
E. The Vienna Elephant of 1552
F. Fin de siècle
2. The Rhinoceros
3. The Tiger
4. The Simians
5. The Birds
4. Epilogue: Naturalism, Symbolism, and Ornament

Volume II, Book 1, Paperback, 276 pages, illustrated with 145 halftones and 6 line drawings, notes, extensive general and chapter bibliographies, index, publisher's list price Cn$70.95

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II, Book 1

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