Author: Bussagli, Mario

China : arts and daily life as seen by Father Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries
Date1984
Publish_locationMilan
PublisherFranco Maria Ricci
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesThe Signs of Man ; 10
ShelfFolio Cabinet 2
Call NumberDS708.C57313 1984
Description226 p. ; color ill. ; 36 cm. in case
NoteChina : arts and daily life as seen by Father Matteo Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries / edited by Gianni Guadalupi ; introduction by Joseph Franz Schütte, S.J. ; note on the illustrations by Mario Bussagli ; [designed by] Franco Maria Ricci.
Includes indexes.
***Graphic resource: Full-color plates accompanying descriptive text taken from letters and documents by Ricci, et al. with emphasis on the practical sciences: agricultural, sericulture, silk manufacturing, rice harvesting, ships and shipping, porcelain making, weaving cotton, making and processing tea...etc. (Italian edition at DS708.C573 1980) Copy n. 436 of 5,000. In presentation case.
Multimedia
SubjectTechnology--China--History China--Civilization--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1911 Jesuits--China--Correspondence China--Civilization--Pictorial works China--Description and travel--16th-17th centuries--Pictorial works
Seriesfoo 89
ISBN8821630099 ; 9788821630095
Cina : le arti e la vita quotidiana viste da P. Matteo Ricci e altri missionari gesuiti
Date1980
Publish_locationMilano
PublisherFranco Maria Ricci
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageItalian
Record_typeBook
SeriesI Segni dell'uomo ; 25
ShelfFolio Cabinet 2
Call NumberDS708.C573 1980
Description212 p. : color ill. ; 36 cm. in case
NoteLa Cina : le arti e la vita quotidiana vista da P. Matteo Ricci e altri missionari gesuiti / a cura di Gianni Guadalupi ; introduzione di Josef Franz Schütte S.J. ; nota all'iconografia di Mario Bussagli.
Bibliography: p. 27.
***Graphic resource: Full-color plates accompanying descriptive text taken from letters and documents by Ricci, et al. with emphasis on the practical sciences: agricultural, sericulture, silk manufacturing, rice harvesting, ships and shipping, porcelain making, weaving cotton, making and processing tea...etc. (English edition: DS708.C573 1984) n. 1043 or 3,000
Multimedia
SubjectTechnology--China--History China--Civilization--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1911 Jesuits--China--Correspondence China--Description and travel--16th-17th centuries--Pictorial works
Seriesfoo 90
ISBN8821600246 ; 9788821600241
Painting of Central Asia
Date1963
Publish_locationGeneva
PublisherSkira
CollectionRicci Institute Library [SHR]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesTreasures of Asia ; v. 6
ShelfConference Room 108
Call NumberND991.B813 1963
Description135 p. : mounted ill. (some color) ; 28 cm.
Note

Painting of Central Asia / text by Mario Bussagli ; [translated from the Italian by Lothian Small].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.

The beginnings of painting in Central Asia : Mirān -- The aesthetics of light -- Pjandžikent and the influence of Sogdiana -- The school of Kotan -- The main centres on the northern caravan route -- The Turfān group.

Multimedia
SubjectArt--Asia, Central Painting--Asia, Central--History Buddhist art--Asia, Central
Seriesfoo 92
LCCN63020242