1st Edition
Artistic and Cultural Exchanges between Europe and Asia, 1400-1900 Rethinking Markets, Workshops and Collections
Edited By Michael North
Copyright 2010
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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The European expansion to Asia was driven by the desire for spices and Asian luxury products. Its results, however, exceeded the mere exchange of commodities and precious metals. The meeting of Asia and Europe signaled not only the beginnings of a global market but also a change in taste and lifestyle that influences our lives even today. Manifold kinds of cultural transfers evolved within a... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction, Michael North and Thomas Dacosta Kaufmann; Asian objects and Western European court culture in the Middle Ages, Karl-Heinz Spieß; The Euro-Asian trade in bezoar stones (approx. 1500 to 1700), Peter Borschberg; Asia as a fantasy of France in the 19th century, Ting Chang; Material culture, knowledge, and European society in colonial India around 1800: Danish Tranquebar, Martin Krieger; Changing cultural contexts: the incorporation of Mughal architectural elements in European memorials in India in the 17th century, Alexander Drost; Production and reception of art through European company channels in Asia, Michael North; The movable center: the Netherlandish map in Japan, Mia M. Mochizuki; Interpreting cultural transfer and the consequences of markets and exchange: reconsidering Fumi-e, Thomas Dacosta Kaufmann; An assimilation between two different cultures: Japan and the West during the Edo period, Yoriko Kobayashi-Sato; Index.
Biography
Michael North is Professor of Modern History at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany.
'The introduction makes one final ambitious claim: it aims to move beyond the hegemonic perspective of European dominance, and take seriously the ’reciprocal’ aspects of artistic and cultural exchanges. With the exception of one or two, most of the studies succeed in this. That alone makes this a very worthwhile collection of articles.' English Historical Review 'The collection of essays as a whole is effective, both in indicating the main issues involved when writing histories of supposed cultural exchanges, and in warning the reader that one cannot apply a single theoretical model to objects belonging to different contexts.' European History Quarterly
