Va Encounters Meeting Asia PB *** - Softcover

Encounters: the meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800 / edited by Anna Jackson and Amin Jaffer [published to accompany the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 23 September - 5 December, 2004]

1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description: 395 pages: illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 30 cm. Contents: Introduction: the meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800 / Anna Jackson and Amin Jaffer -- pt. 1. Discoveries. Mapping the world / David Woodward; Raritites and novelties / Annemarie Jordan Gschwend ; Chinese porcelain in early European collections / Rose Kerr ; Asian trade and exchange before 1600 / John Guy -- pt. 2. Encounters. Diplomatic encounters : Europe and South Asia / Amin Jaffer; Diplomatic encounters: Europe and East Asia / James L. Hevia; Religious encounters: Christianity in Asia / Gauvin Alexander Bailey; Portuguese settlements and trading centres / Paulo Varela Gomes ; Dutch settlements and trading centres / Leonard Blussé ; British settlements and trading centres / J.P. Losty ; Personal encounters : Europeans in South Asia / William Dalrymple; Personal encounters: Europeans in South-East Asia / Leonard Blussé; Personal encounters: Europeans in East Asia / Rupert Faulkner; Visual responses: depicting Europeans in South Asia / Rosemary Crill; Visual responses: depicting Europeans in East Asia / Anna Jackson -- pt. 3. Exchanges. Asia in Europe: porcelain and enamel for the West / Rose Kerr; Asia in Europe: lacquer for the West/ Julia Hutt; Asia in Europe: furniture for the West / Amin Jaffer; Asia in Europe: textiles for the West / Rosemary Crill ; Asia in Europe: Chinese paintings for the West / William R. Sargent; Europe in Asia: the impact of Western art and technology in South Asia / Susan Stronge; Europe in Asia: the impact of Western art and technology in China / Catherine Pagani; Europe in Asia: the impact of Western art and technology in Japan / Timon Screech Indian fantasies in Europe / Sally North; Chinese fantasies of Europe / Ming Wilson; European fantasies of Asia / Steven Parissien. Subjects: Victoria and Albert Museum. Art, Asian. Art, European. East and West. Art, European Oriental influences. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. History. Illustrated. 3 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 313200

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