The art of the enlightenment
By: chief editor Lu Zhangshen
Contributors: China. Guo jia bo wu guan; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany); Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Series: Book series for the National Museum of China international exchange
Publisher: [National Museum of China]; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Beijing; Berlin; Dresden; Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9787500495949
Subjects: European Art; Exhibitions; Enlightenment; China. Guo jia bo wu guan; China
Other titles: Art of the enlightenment :; Qi meng de yi shu
Work titles: Kunst der Aufklärung. English
Description: "The first major international exhibition held by the National Museum of China after the completion of the museum's renovation and expansion. The exhibition is an art gala presented to Chinese and foreign viewers by the national Museum of China in collaboration wiht the the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich. Nearly 600 works are on display."--preface.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-400)
Table of contents: title: The museum as a place of enlightenment / Michael Eissenhauer, Martin Roth, Klaus Schrenk; title: Essays: The birth of European modernity from the spirit of enlightenment / Günther Lottes; title: Art in the age of enlightenment from a pan-European perspective / Werner Busch; title: The emergence of the art museum in Germany during the age of enlightenment / Thomas W. Gaehtgens; title: Reading in the age of enlightenment / Reinhold Baumstark; title: Light and shadows: on the dialectic of enlightmenment in art / Peter-Klaus Schuster; title: The encounter of two systems of knowledge in the life and works of the Jesuit scholar Johannes Schreck / Jürgen Renn, Matthias Schemmel; title: Confucius and the early enlightment in Germany / Li Wenchao; title: European enlightenment in the Chinese context / Gao Yi, Xu Qianjin; title: Catalogue; title: Appendix.