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China and the church : Chinoiserie in global context

Title
China and the church : Chinoiserie in global context / Christopher M.S. Johns.
Author
Johns, Christopher M. S.
Publication
  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
xi, 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 21 cm
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.
Series Statement
Franklin D. Murphy Lectures
Uniform Title
University of Kansas Franklin D. Murphy lecture series.
Subject
  • Catholic Church > Influence
  • Catholic Church > Oriental rites > History > 18th century
  • Catholic Church
  • 1700 - 1799
  • Chinese in art > 18th century
  • Men in art > 18th century
  • Chinoiserie (Art)
  • Chinese in art
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Men in art
  • Oriental rites (Catholic Church)
  • China > Church history > 18th century
  • China
Genre/Form
  • Church history.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.
Contents
China and the church: from Matteo Ricci to the Chinese rites controversy -- Chinoiserie and Chinese art: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Chinoiserie and the Chinese body -- Conclusion: Chinoiserie and the enlightenment.
Call Number
JFD 16-1895
ISBN
  • 9780520284654
  • 0520284658
  • 9780520960411 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0520960416 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015031984
OCLC
919252648
Author
Johns, Christopher M. S., author.
Title
China and the church : Chinoiserie in global context / Christopher M.S. Johns.
Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Franklin D. Murphy Lectures
University of Kansas Franklin D. Murphy lecture series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.
Chronological Term
1700 - 1799
Research Call Number
JFD 16-1895
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