Research Catalog

Title

Art on the Jesuit missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542-1773 / Gauvin Alexander Bailey.

Author

Bailey, Gauvin A.

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.

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Details

Description

xii, 310 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"When the Jesuit missionaries ventured from Europe to newly discovered territories in Asia and Latin America, they brought with them the rich traditions of Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture. What happened to the artistic and social practices already thriving in the communities that the missionaries encountered is the story told by art historian and Jesuit specialist Gauvin Alexander Bailey." "Bailey argues that this cross-pollination of early modern art became the first truly global visual currency for cultural exchange. Through a sweeping look at Japan, China, Mughul India, and Paraguay, the author focuses on four of the most flourishing artistic encounters and discovers much unrecognized or misunderstood art. He overturns the simple thesis that art was imposed on subject cultures in favour of the more difficult paradigm of exchange."--Jacket.

Subject

• Jesuits > Missions > Asia
• Jesuits > Missions > Latin America
• Jesuits
• Jesuiten
• Jesuits > Missions > History. > Asia
• Jesuits > Missions > History. > Latin America
• Jesuit art > Asia > History
• Jesuit art > Latin America > History
• Jesuit art
• Missions
• Kunst
• Mission
• Architektur
• Mission > Jesuiten > Asien > Geschichte
• Mission > Jesuiten > Lateinamerika > Geschichte
• Jesuiten > Mission > Asien > Geschichte
• Jesuiten > Mission > Lateinamerika > Geschichte
• Architektur > Jesuiten > Asien
• Architektur > Jesuiten > Lateinamerika
• Jesuiten > Architektur > Asien
• Jesuiten > Architektur > Lateinamerika
• Jesuiten > Kunst > Asien
• Jesuiten > Kunst > Lateinamerika
• Kunst > Jesuiten > Asien
• Kunst > Jesuiten > Lateinamerika
• Asia
• Latin America
• Paraguay
• Asien

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-286) and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Origins of the Partnership -- 3. 'The Greatest Enterprise' : The Jesuit Mission to Japan, 1549-1622 -- 4. 'With Much Gallantry and Ornamentation' : The Jesuit Mission to China, 1561-1773 -- 5. 'A Bright Assembly' : The Jesuit Mission to 'Mogor,' 1580-1773 -- 6. 'The New Plant of the Primitive Church' : The Jesuit Reductions among the Guaraní in Paraguay, 1609-1768 -- 7. Conclusion: On the Partnership.

ISBN

• 0802046886
• 9780802046888
• 0802085075
• 9780802085078

LCCN

00268769

OCLC

• ocm41593180
• 41593180
• SCSB-1123853

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library