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Christianity in Asia : sacred art and visual splendour / edited by Alan Chong ; Pedro Moura Carvalho, Clement Onn, István Perczel, Ken Parry, Lauren Arnold, Maria da Conceição Borges de Sousa, William R. Sargent.

Author(s): Carvalho, Pedro de Moura. | Onn, Clement | Chong, Alan

Christianity in Asia : sacred art and visual splendour / edited by Alan Chong ; Pedro Moura Carvalho, Clement Onn, István Perczel, Ken Parry, Lauren Arnold, Maria da Conceição Borges de Sousa, William R. Sargent.
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Main Title
Christianity in Asia : sacred art and visual splendour
Author(s)
Chong, Alan
Carvalho, Pedro de Moura.
Onn, Clement
Publisher
Singapore : Asian Civilisations Museum, 2016.
Collation
285 p. : col. ill.
30 cm.
ISBN
9789810996857
Dewey Class
704.9482095
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 elsewhere, 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.
Language
English
Subject
Christianity and art -- Asia -- Exhibitions
Art and religion -- Asia -- Exhibitions
Christian art and symbolism -- Asia -- Exhibitions
BRN
7208

Notes

  • "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.
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