| ISBN |
0754669378 (hbk.) |
| 9780754669371 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Artistic and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia, 1400-1900 : rethinking markets, workshops and collections / edited by Michael North |
| Publisher |
Farnham, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010 |
| Physical desc. |
[xvii], 197 p. ; ill. (b&w), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"This book emerged from the Round Table 'Europe and Asia: Cultural Transfer and Cultural Markets, 1400-1900' at the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences in Sydney (Australia) in 2005. Inspired by the lively discussion other colleagues were asked to contribute to the collection of essays in this volume." -- Preface, p. [xvii]. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Artistic and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia, 1400-1900: rethinking markets, workshops and collections / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann and Michael North -- 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 nineteenth century / Ting Chang -- Material culture, knowledge, and European society in colonial India around 1800: Danish Tranquebar / Martin Krieger -- Changing cultural contents: the incorporation of Mughal architectural elements in European memorials in India in the seventeenth 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. |
| Subject |
Art, European -- History |
| Art, Asian -- History |
| Art -- Europe -- Marketing -- History |
| Art -- Asia -- Marketing -- History |
| Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History |
| Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Asia -- History |
| Europe -- Relations -- Asia |
| Asia -- Relations -- Europe |
| Added name(s) |
North, Michael 1954- |
