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Christianity in Asia : sacred art and visual splendour
Title:
Christianity in Asia : sacred art and visual splendour
Author:
Carvalho, Pedro de Moura, author.
ISBN:
9789810996857
Physical Description:
285 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
General Note:
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition, Christianity in Asia : sacred art and visual splendour, presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from 27 May to 11 September 2016"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Christian art in Asia / Alan Chong -- What makes Asian art Christian? / Pedro Moura Carvalho -- Early Christianity in Central Asia and China / Ken Parry -- Monuments of Indian Christian art, problem of genres, dating, and context / István Perczel -- Christian art at the Islamic courts / Alan Chong -- Illustrations to mirror of holiness (mi'rat al-quds), a 1602 text by the Jesuit Jerome Xavier / Pedro Moura Carvalho -- Ivory Catechism, Christian sculpture from Goa and Sri Lanka / Maria da Conceição Borges de Sousa -- Christianity in China, Yuan to Qing dynaties, 13th to 20th centuries / Lauren Arnold -- Christianity in Japan, 1549-1639 / Clement Onn -- Christian ivories by Chinese artists, Macau, the Philippines, and elsewherem late 16th and 17th centuries / Alan Chong -- Protestantism in the Dutch Indies in the 17th century / Alan Chong -- Christianity in the Philippines / David Alan Henkel -- Christianity in Singapore in the 19th century / Loh Pei Ying.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographic references (pages 266-277) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 南院 N7972 C53 stc 10622239
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