Relics, Dreams, Voyages
Davidson, Peter Relics, dreams, voyages conjures a new cultural map of the early-modern world and offers a new, extraordinary cultural geography of the baroque world, opening doors to many rich and strange cultural artefacts, from "China to Peru." The overriding theme is centre and periphery, in particular centres of baroque culture outside the mainstream. The book meditates on cultural transmission from Asia and the Americas to Europe, with many of the essay...