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Excerpt from Historia del Arte, Vol. 1: El Arte al Través de la Historia P°r fin, el Extrem° Oriente, que hasta hace p°c°s añ°s p°dia dejarse á un lad°, c°m° un mund° exótic°, independiente de nuestr° arte y nuestra civilización °ccidental, h°y, gracias a las m°dernas investigaci°nes, se halla dentr° de la órbita del arte eur°peo, p°r las indudables relaci°nes del arte búdico (que se infiltra p°r t°da el Asia) c°n las escuelas helénicas y alejandrinas. El camp° de influencia del arte greco - romano se ensancha p°r Oriente, c°n sor presas inesperadas; la cr°n°l°gía de l°s m°nument°s ha cambiad° p°r c°mplet°; seria ign°rancia imperd°nable tratar hoy de la an tigúedad del arte indi° c°m° se hacia sól° hace diez añ°s. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.