China and the church : Chinoiserie in global context

The Resource China and the church : Chinoiserie in global context

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China and the church : Chinoiserie in global context

Title remainder

Chinoiserie in global context

Statement of responsibility

Christopher M.S. Johns

Language

eng

Summary

"This groundbreaking study examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Art-historical examinations of chinoiserie have largely ignored the role of the church and its conversion efforts in Asia; Johns, however, demonstrates that the emperor's 1722 prohibition against Catholic evangelization, occurring after almost a century and a half of tolerance, prompted a remarkable change in European visualizations of China in Roman Catholic countries. China and the Church considers the progress of Christianity in China during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, examines authentic works of Chinese art available to European artists producing chinoiserie, and explains how the East Asian male body in Western art changed from "normative" depictions to whimsical, feminized grotesques after the collapse of the missionary efforts during the 1720s."--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

CU-S/DLC

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations
portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

N7429

LC item number

.J64 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Franklin D. Murphy Lectures

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