East-West in Art

Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1966. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Large octavo in wraps; 191 pp: photographs (b&w): 26 cm Very Good(+); pages clean and free of markings; bindiong tight; shelf-wear to edges; a nice copy. Paperback.

"East-West in Art: Patterns of Cultural & Aesthetic Relationships by Theodore Bowie is a scholarly work that explores the relationships between Western and Oriental art since the Bronze Age. It includes 9 scholarly articles, maps, and an historical timeline, providing a comprehensive look at the cultural and aesthetic connections between these two art forms. The book is published by Indiana University Press and is available in various condition, ensuring that readers can find a copy that suits their preferences." Contents include an introduction by Rudolf Wittkower, followed by J. Leroy Davidson’s “Style—East and West,” Theodore Bowie’s “Confrontations and Far-Eastern Anticipations,” and William Samolin’s study of cultural diffusion from An-Yang to the Danube. Jane Gaston Mahler contributes “The Art of the Silk Route,” while Dorothy G. Shepherd examines Iran between East and West. Bowie returns with an essay on cultural and artistic interchanges in modern times, after which Richard B. Reed offers a bibliography of discovery and Denis Sinor explores the figure of the foreigner-barbarian-monster. The volume concludes with Bowie’s “Iconography of the Universal Hero.”