Christianity in Asia

Sacred Art and Visual Splendour

• Author(s): Pedro de Moura Carvalho,
• Publisher: Asian Civilisations Museum
• Pages: 285
• ISBN_10: 9810996853
  ISBN_13: 9789810996857
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General , Art / Subjects & Themes / Religious , Religion / Christianity / Literature & the Arts , Religion / Christian Church / Growth ,

Description:... 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.