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Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II A CENTURY OF WONDER. BOOK 1: THE VISUAL ARTS PDF

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IN THE MAKING OF EUROPE IN THE MAKING OF EUROPE DONALD F. LACH VOLUMB II A Century of Wonder BOOK ON!: TBB VISUAL ARTS THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO AND LONDON THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PREss, CHICAGO 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1970 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1970 Paperback edition 1994 Printed in the United States of America 98 97 96 9S 94 54 32 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lach, Donald Frederick, 1917- Asia in the making of Europe. Includes bibliographies. CONTENTS: v. I. The century of discovery. 2 v. v. 2. A century of wonder. Book I. The visual arts. Book 2. The literary arts. Book 3. The scholarly disciplines. 3 v. I. Asia-Discovery and exploration. 2. Europe- Civilization--Qriental influences. I. Tide. DSS·9S·L3 901.93 64-19848 ISBN 0-226-46730-9 (v. 2. bk. I) ISBN 0-226-46733-3 (v. 2. bk. 2) ISBN 0-226-46734-1 (v. 2. bk. 3) (3 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. To my mother and to the memory of my father CCoonntteennttss BBOOOOKK OONNBE LLiisstt ooffm muussttrraattiioonnss iixx Preface xxiiiiii AAcckknnoowwlleeddggmmeennttss xxvviiii IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn 33 CChhaapptteerr II:: CCOoLLLLBECClT'IIOONNSS OOFf CClmJIuUOOSSJITTIIBBSS 77 II.. PPoorrttuuggaall aanndd SSppaaiinn 1100 22... AAnnttwweerrpp aanndd tthhee LLooww CCoouunnttrriieess 1166 33.. GGeerrmmaannyy aanndd AAuussttrriiaa 22..22.. 44-. FFrraannccee aanndd EEnnggllaanndd 3300 55.. IIttaallyy 3355 AAppppeennddiixx:: SSaammppllee AAssiiaann IItteemmss CCoolllleecctteedd iinn EEuurrooppee 4466 CChhaapptteerr UII:: TTHBIIII lNINDDlVIVIIDDtUJAALL MAllTTSS 5566 II.. MMaannuueelliinnee AArrcchhiitteeccttuurree aanndd SSccuullppttuurree 5577 [[ vviiii]] Contents 2. Painting 64- 3. Woodcuts and Engravings 78 4. Textiles. Tapestries. and Costumes 9S S. Ceramics 104 6. Woods. Furniture. and Lacquerware 109 7. Precious Metals. Gems. and Jewelry II3 Chapter m: 1im lCONOGllAPBY OP AsIAN ANIMALs 123 I. The Elephant 124 A. Antiquity and the Middle Ages US B. African Elephants oft he Quattrocento 131 C. The Elephant of Rome I3S D. Raphael and IUs School 140 E. The Vienna Elephant of ISS2 144 F. Fin de sieck ISO 2. The Rhinoceros IS8 3. The Tiger 172 4- The Simians I7S S. The Birds 178 Chapter IV: EPILoGUE: NATtJULlSM. SYMBOLISM. AND QRNAMBNT 186 BmuoGllAPHY Reference Works 200 Source Materials 204 Books 213 Articles 226 Catalogues 23S INDo: 237 [viii] Illustrations FOLLOWING PAGB 236 I. Engraving of Catharine de' Medici 2. Engraving ofA rchduke Ferdinand of Tyrol 3. Archduke Ferdinand in a Triumph 4. Chinese studio painting from Ambras 5. Chinese studio painting from Ambras 6. East Asian objets d'art from Ambras 7. Seashells in settings from Ambras 8. Bezoar stones from Ambras 9. Rock crystal elephant 10. Woodcut of treasury of Emperor Maximilian I II. Cabinet of curiosities at Gottorp 12. Sinhalese ivory comb with reliefs 13. Ivory chest from Ceylon 14. Bezoar cup of Emperor Rudolf n IS. Engraved portrait of Charles de L'ecluse 16. Painting of the collection of Ortelius 17. Tower of Belem, Lisbon 18. Archway of the "Capelas imperfeitas," Batalha 19. Manueline window at Tomar 20. Portal of the church of Matriz Golega, Portugal 21. Portal of the Casado Capitulo, Portugal 22. Interior of the Cathedral of Guarda, Portugal 23. Stalls of Santa Cruz, Coimbra 24. Watercolor of Vishnu, Siva, Brahma [ix ]

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