Christianity in Asia: Sacred Art and Visual Splendour

Christianity in Asia explores the spread of the religion across Asia, and the art it inspired. This fully illustrated catalogue is aimed at a general audience, and accompanies the first exhibition exclusively dedicated to this topic. The book shows how local artists interpreted well-established Christian iconography, with new materials, and in often surprising ways. Essays explore earliest Christian art in Central Asia, India, and China; interest in Christian art at the Islamic courts; and works associated with missionary activities in China, South and Southeast Asia, and Japan.

Hardcover

Book condition: Near fine. Internally very clean

Dust jacket condition: No Jacket as Issued

Authors: Alan Chong, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Clement Onn, Istvan Perczel, Ken Parry, Lauren Arnold, Maria da Conceiçao Borges de Sousa, William R. Sargent, Loh Peiying

Dimensions: 24,5 x 30  cm

Print length: 286 Pages

Language: English

Publication date: 2016

Publisher: Asian Civilisations Museum

ISBN: ‎ 9789810996857