Signs Of "Chinese Style" In Italian Silk Weaving Art In The 13th And 14th Centurie

The Mongol conquests and expansions of the 13 th century and the resulting political landscape led to the opening of national boundaries between Eurasia and greatly facilitated cross-cultural exchanges between West and Central Asia and between Europe and China.the historical fact of the first direct contact between the two distant regions of Eurasia - Europe and China.This geopolitical change attracted a steady stream of European missionaries,travellers and merchants to an eastern empire they had never set foot in before.With their different identities and objectives,the reports of European missionaries spying on the military and political environment,the travelers’ chronicles and the commercial literature of Italian merchants always showed a strong interest in the Orient and in the precious textiles produced in China - silk.This research focuses on the emergence of signs of "Chinoiserie" in Italian silk art from the 13 th to the 14 th centuries.The paper is divided into five parts: the first part is an overview of the socio-historical context of the emergence of "Chinoiserie" in Italian silk art in Eurasia?the second part discusses the phenomenon of the spread and exchange of silk ornamentation between China and Italy from the late Middle Ages onwards? the third part examines the Italian silk industry,which began in the late Middle Ages,and its relationship with the Eurasian silk industry.The fourth part analyzes the material and cultural basis for the emergence of "Chinoiserie" signs in Italian silk art? the fifth part describes the connection between silk art and "Chinoiserie" signs in Italian painting and Iranian ceramics in the 13 th and 14 th centuries.The fifth part of the paper discusses the connection between silk weaving and the "Chinoiserie" signs in Italian painting and Iranian ceramics from the 13 th to the 14 th centuries.This research analyzes and judges the socioeconomic environment in which the signs of "Chinoiserie" emerged in Italy in the 13 th and 14 th centuries,the evolution of the elements of silk decorative patterns,and the impact of silk as a cultural vehicle on various aspects of late medieval Italian society and ideology,in order to affirm the prominent influence and contribution of Chinese culture in the pre-industrial European This will clear the cognitive hurdles to the recognition of the outstanding influence and contribution of Chinese culture to the European textile field and European culture and art in the pre-industrial era,and thus provide historical material for future research.