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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 LecturesUniversity 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