China on paper
Subtitle: European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century
By: edited by Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè
Contributors: Reed, Marcia, 1945-; Demattè, Paola, 1962-; Getty Research Institute
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780892368693
Subjects: East and West; China -- Civilization -- Western influences; Europe -- Relations -- China; China -- Relations -- Europe
Description: "The majority of the printed works featured in China on Paper were instigated by European religious missions and trade embassies but shaped their authors' contact with Chinese literati, court officials, and emperors. These books and images targeted different audiences in two distinct cultures and explored a variety of topics, often as much for ideological or political ends as for the education or amusement of readers. These publications were popular, translated into several languages, repeatedly reissued, and influential in Europe. Not only did they enter into debates about good government, biblical chronology, and secular mores but they occasioned the enthusiasm for Chinese-style gardens and chinoiserie decoration in eighteenth-century Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Accompanies an exhibition held at the Getty Research Institute, Nov. 6, 2007-Feb. 10, 2008

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-223) and index
Table of contents: title: In search of perfect clarity / Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè; title: A perfume is best from afar : publishing China for Europe / Marcia Reed; title: Christ and Confucius : accommodating Christian and Chinese beliefs / Paola Demattè; title: From astronomy to heaven : Jesuit science and the conversion of China / Paola Demattè; title: Mapping an acentric world : Ferdinand Verbiest's Kunyu quantu / Gang Song and Paola Demattè; title: War and peace : four intercultural landscapes / Richard E. Strassberg