{"product_id":"china-and-the-church-9780520284654","title":"China and the Church","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...this engaging and sumptuously illustrated study sets out to address an intriguing historical question that most likely would never have occurred to a scholar working solely in one traditional discipline or another: namely, how might the shifting registers of aesthetic responses to China in eighteenth-century Europe be understood in relation to contemporary contro-versies over the nature of Chinese spiritual life?\" Journal of Jesuit Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. China and the Church: From Matteo Ricci to the Chinese Rites\u003cbr\u003e Controversy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chinoiserie and Chinese Art: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth\u003cbr\u003e Centuries\u003cbr\u003e 3. Chinoiserie and the Chinese Body\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Chinoiserie and the Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402874364247,"sku":"9780520284654","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520284654.jpg?v=1730481746","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/china-and-the-church-9780520284654","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}