Retour d'Asie - Henri Cernuschi un collectionneur au temps du japonisme. Voyages pour agréger et mobiliser des

pour agréger et mobiliser des identités politiques transitoires

and distinguished himself as a great humanist: a friend of Erasmus and Thomas More

- a bold conception of a visionary Dante

This volume varies widely in regional and chronological focus and forms a useful manual to studying both the acts of building and the constructions themselves across cultural contexts

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Retour d'Asie - Henri Cernuschi un collectionneur au temps du japonisme. Voyages pour agréger et mobiliser des"The coast of Japan is still invisible, but already the snows of the volcano rise into the clouds like a magical apparition. [] Here we are at the tip of Asia; we have just traveled halfway around the world; we are beginning our visit to the countries of the Orient with Japan, the one that has remained closed to Europeans the longest." (Thodore Duret, Voyage en Asie, 1874) Thus begins the adventure that will make Henri Cernuschi one of the most