Artistic and Cultural Exchanges between Europe and Asia, 1400-1900
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Arnoldus Montanus
Asian luxury goods trade
Balas Rubies
Bale
bezoar
Bezoar Stones
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colonial art history
cross-cultural transmission
Dutch Cemeteries
East Indies
Edmond De Goncourt
Eighteenth Century French Art
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European collecting practices
European Trading Settlements
Geometric Perspective
global art market interactions
Gogh
kobe
Kobe City Museum
Kultureller Austausch
La Chine
Map Screens
material culture studies
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Michael North
Michel Espagne
montanus
Mughal architectural influence
Netherlandish Maps
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orbis
Sepulchral Monuments
Seventeenth Century Dutch Culture
stones
terrarum
theatrum
Tokyo National Museum
Van Reede
Van Roijen
Vincent Van Gogh
Zion Church
Product details
- ISBN 9780754669371
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 market framework that was not just confined to intercontinental and intra-Asiatic trade. In Europe and Asia markets for specific cultural products emerged and the transfers of objects affected domestic arts and craft production. Traditionally, relations between Europe and Asia have been studied in a hegemonic perspective, with Europe as the dominant political and economic centre. Even with respect to cultural exchange, the model of diffusion regarded Europe as the centre, and Asia the recipient, whereby Asian objects in Europe became exotica in the Kunst- und Wunderkammern. Conceptions of Europe and Asia as two monolithic regions emerged in this context. However, with the current process of globalization these constructions and the underlying models of cultural exchange have come under scrutiny. For this reason, the book focuses on cultural exchange between different European and Asian civilizations, whereby the reciprocal complexities of cultural transfers are at the centre of observation. By investigating art markets, workshops and collections in Europe and Asia the contributors exemplify the varieties of cultural exchange. The book examines the changing roles of Asian objects in European material culture and collections and puts a special emphasis on the reception of European visual arts in colonial settlements in Asia as well as in different Asian societies.
Michael North is Professor of Modern History at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany.
