| The Mercantile Effect: Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World During the 17th and 18th Centuries Contributor(s): Babaie, Sussan (Editor), Gibson, Melanie (Editor), Babaie, Sussan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1909942308 ISBN-13: 9781909942301 Publisher: Gingko Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Series: Gingko Library Art |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9.3" W x 9.6" (1.65 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This lavishly illustrated volume of essays introduces a fascinating array of subjects, each exploring an aspect of the far-reaching "mercantile effect" and its impact across western Asia in the early modern era. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the increased movement of merchants and goods from China to Europe brought desirable commodities to new markets, but also spread ideas, tastes, and technologies across western Asia as never before. Through the newly-established Dutch, English, and French East India companies, as well as much older mercantile networks, commodities including silk, ivory, books, and glazed porcelains were transported both east and west. The Mercantile Effect shows a fascinating array of trade objects and the customs and traditions of traders that brought about a period of intense cultural interchange. |
Contributor Bio(s): Babaie, Sussan: - Sussan Babaie is the Andrew W. Mellon Reader in the Arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. Gibson, Melanie: - Melanie Gibson is the senior editor of the Gingko Library Arts Series. |
