Author: Demattè, Paola, 1962-

Ai Weiwei : circle of animals. [Circle of animals/Zodiac heads]
Date2011
Publish_locationMunich ; New York
PublisherPrestel
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook (Collection catalog)
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberNB1049.A4 A4 2011
Description219 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Note

Ai Weiwei : circle of animals / edited and with an introduction by Susan Delson.
"Published in association with AW Asia, New York, on the occasion of the traveling installation Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-214) and index.

Essays include: Circle of animals/Zodiac heads and the Twelve-Animal Cycle in China / Paola Demattè - - Ming-Qing arts and Jesuit visions: visual encounters and exchanges in 18th century Beijing / Marco Musillo - - Heads of State: looting, nationalism, and repatriation of Zodiac bronzes / Kristina Kleutghen.

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SubjectJesuits--China--16th-18th centuries--Contributions in art and architecture Animals, Mythical--China Yuanmingyuan 圓明園 (Beijing 北京)--History Ai Weiwei 艾未未--Exhibitions Ai Weiwei 艾未未--Criticism and interpretation Ai Weiwei 艾未未--Interviews Animal sculpture--China--21st century--Exhibitions Zodiac in art--History--18th century Sculpture, Chinese--21st century--Exhibitions Art thefts--China--History--19th century
ISBN9783791346366 ; 3791346369
LCCN2011933708
China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century
Date2007
Publish_locationLos Angeles
PublisherGetty Research Institute
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook (Exhibition catalog), Digital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives, Seminar Room 102-103
Call NumberDS721.C48757 2007
Descriptionix, 235 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 29 cm + pdf
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China on paper : European and Chinese works from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth century / edited by Marcia Reed and Paola Demattè.
Accompanies an exhibition held at the Getty Research Institute, Nov. 6, 2007-Feb. 10, 2008.

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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-223) and index. ***Graphic resource.

Added keywords: engraving, Yuanmingyuan 圓明園, publishing of Jesuit books on China in Europe, publishing of Jesuit works in China, illustrated albums, Jesuit science, technology, astronomical instruments, Kunyu quantu 坤輿全圖, Chinese maps, geography, battle scenes, impressions of Chinese life in European books and prints, Christian imagery in Chinese books.

Local access dig.pdf. [China on Paper.pdf]

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SubjectChina--Civilization--Western influences East and West Jesuits--China--16th-18th centuries--Contributions in astronomy Jesuits--China--16th-18th centuries--Contributions in cartography China--Civilization--Western influences--Bibliography--Exhibitions China--Relations--Europe--History--16th-19th centuries--Exhibitions Jesuits--Missions--China--16th-18th centuries--Bibliography--Exhibitions
ISBN9780892368693
LCCN2006052861