
River of Ink
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Christensen's encyclopedic knowledge of world art and vast understanding of literature allows him to move easily from a discussion of the invention of moveable type in Korea, to Johannes Kepler's search for the harmony of the spheres, to the strange journey of an iron sculpture from Benin to the Louvre. Other essays cover the Popol Vuh of the Maya as exemplum of translation, the pioneering explorations of the early American naturalist John Bartram, and the balletic works of Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
It is Christensen's gift to see the world whole, to offer a wealth of connections vital for us as citizens of a rapidly globalizing world.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- West Asia
- River of Ink
- Staying Alive
- The Unfinished Bridge
- The Winged Sphinx
- East Asia
- Gutenberg and the Koreans
- The Art of Tao
- Before History
- South Asia, Himalayas
- The Temple across the Valley
- Measure of Happiness
- Nur Jahan
- Australia, Southeast Asia
- Getting Henry
- House of Hope
- Africa
- Malik Ambar
- Journeys of the Iron Man
- Europe
- The Nightingale and You
- Dodgson's Dodges
- A Horace Reading
- Dance Macabre
- Harmony of the Spheres
- Latin America
- La Tempestad
- New World/New Words
- Discovering Columbus
- Eva Perón in Life and Myth
- Double-Crossed
- North America
- Pocahontas in London
- This World Makes Trickster
- Natural Man
- Faint Praise
- #OccupyXmas
- Sadakichi and America
- Index of Persons and Works
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