China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century

Publication Data

• Title China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century
• Contributors Paola Demattè, Marcia Reed, Getty Research Institute
• Publisher Getty Museum
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Los Angeles, Calif.
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Accompanies an exhibition held at the Getty Research Institute, Nov. 6, 2007-Feb. 10, 2008.

Contents

In search of perfect clarity / Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè
A perfume is best from afar : publishing China for Europe / Marcia Reed
Christ and Confucius : accommodating Christian and Chinese beliefs / Paola Demattè
From astronomy to heaven : Jesuit science and the conversion of China / Paola Demattè
Mapping an acentric world : Ferdinand Verbiest's Kunyu quantu / Gang Song and Paola Demattè
War and peace : four intercultural landscapes / Richard E. Strassberg.

Topics

• East and West
• China :: Civilization :: Western influences
• China :: Relations :: Europe
• Europe :: Relations :: China
• China
• Europe

China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. ISBN 9780892368693. Published by Getty Museum in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.