02313oam 22004933 450 991081617750332120231113181543.0(CKB)2670000000260247(EBL)488102(OCoLC)814522446(SSID)ssj0000400199(PQKBManifestationID)12112053(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000400199(PQKBWorkID)10404563(PQKB)11466424(MiAaPQ)EBC488102(EXLCZ)99267000000026024720130418d2010|||| uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAsia in the Making of EuropeVolume 2A A Century of Wonder. Book 1: The Visual ArtsChicago :University of Chicago Press,2010.1 online resource (412 pages)0-226-46750-3 Includes bibliography and index.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; IndexThis 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 modEast and WestHistoryAsiaDiscovery and explorationEuropeCivilizationOriental influencesHistoryEast and WestHistory.910.031812950.3Lach Donald F(Donald Frederick),1917-2000.61060AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910816177503321Asia375656UNINA