Art on the Jesuit missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542-1773
By: Gauvin Alexander Bailey.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Jesuits -- Missions -- Asia.; Jesuits -- Missions -- Latin America.; Jesuit art -- Asia -- History.; Jesuit art -- Latin America -- History.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-286) and indexes.