{"product_id":"made-in-the-americas-the-new-world-discovers-asia-9780878468126","title":"Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe spectacular arts of the first global age fostered by a rich cultural interchange between Asia and the Americas Made in the Americas reveals the overlooked history of Asias profound influence on the arts of the colonial Americas. Beginning in the 16th century  European outposts in the New World  especially those in New Spain  became a major nexus of the Asian export trade. Craftsmen from Canada to Peru  inspired by the sophisticated designs and advanced techniques of these imported goods  combined Asian styles with local traditions to produce unparalleled furniture  silverwork  textiles  ceramics  lacquer  painting and architectural ornaments. Among the exquisite objects featured in this book  from across the hemisphere and spanning the 17th to the early 19th centuries  are folding screens made in Mexico in imitation of imported Japanese and Chinese screens; blue-and-white talavera ceramics copied from Chinese porcelains; luxuriously woven textiles  made to replicate fine silks and cottons from China and India; devotional statues that adapt Buddhist gods into Christian saints; and \"japanned\" furniture produced in Boston that simulates Asian lacquer finishes. The stories told by the objects gathered in Made in the Americas bring to life the rich cultural interchange and the spectacular arts of the first global age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953259470901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0878468129","price":55.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780878468126.jpg?v=1788183235","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/made-in-the-americas-the-new-world-discovers-asia-9780878468126","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}