Encounters
the meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800
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Author
Contributions
- Jackson, Anna - Contributor
- Jaffer, Amin. - Contributor
Publication
2004 - V & A, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
98,750 words, Guess
Page Count
395 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3463974M
- ISBN-101851774327
- OCLC Control Number56652718
- Library of Congress Control Number2005432236
- Goodreads2388589
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- LibraryThing2468561
Classifications
- DDC709.5'0903
- LCCNX628 .E53 2004
Description
"This book accompanies a major V & A exhibition that explores three hundred years of mutual fascination between East and West, a period of discoveries, encounters and exchanges initiated by the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama's discovery of a sea route to India in 1498. This established, for the first time, direct relations between Europe and maritime Asia and ushered in a dynamic period of commercial, artistic and technological exchange. This story is presented through wide-ranging essays by leading international scholars, including specialists from the V & A. The text is complemented by a sumptuous range of images, many of these remarkable and luxurious pieces being published for the first time." "In its close examination of the relationships - diplomatic, religious and personal - between East and West, this book provides both an important scholarly record of this vibrant period in world history and a document of the works of art and industry that it produced."--Jacket.
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