ISBN:
0226467104
,
9780226467108
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 241 pages)
DDC:
940
Keywords:
History
;
HISTORY.
;
Civilization / Oriental influences
;
Discoveries in geography
;
East and West
;
Geschichte
;
East and West History
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-236) and index
,
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
,
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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