Author: Müller-Hofstede, Christoph

Europa und die Kaiser von China
Date1985
Publish_locationFrankfurt am Main
PublisherInsel Verlag
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition1. Aufl.
LanguageGerman
Record_typeExhibition catalog
Series
ShelfSeminar Room 102-103
Call NumberDS750.82.E9 1985
Description389 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Note

Europa und die Kaiser von China / Berliner Festspiele ; [Redaktion, Hendrik Budde, Christoph Müller-Hofstede, Gereon Sievernich].
Text in German ; some essays translated from the English, some from the French.
Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Berliner Festspiele, held in Berlin from May 12 to August 18, 1985, dealing with the relations between China and Europe during the period 1240-1816.
Bibliography: p. 383-387.

***Graphic resource: one of the best sources for clear reproductions of images East and West in the European mind, with Jesuit painting and portraiture, European globes, maps, charts; Yuanming Yuan, Beijing and the Forbidden City maps, Chinoiserie, works by Castiglione, Attiret, Verbiest, W. Alexander, Amiot. Many illustrations taken from Western books on China, including title pages.

SubjectChina--Civilization--Western influences Art, European--Chinese influences Europe--Civilization--Chinese influences China in art China--Kings and rulers--Art collections--Exhibitions China in Western art Europe--Relations--China--Exhibitions
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