The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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Page 245
... painting had a major effect on the eunuch Ma Tang when he first saw them , and he promised Ricci that the Virgin " will have her place in the palace of the king . " This promise was ful- filled , for there were two large paintings of ...
... painting had a major effect on the eunuch Ma Tang when he first saw them , and he promised Ricci that the Virgin " will have her place in the palace of the king . " This promise was ful- filled , for there were two large paintings of ...
Page 249
... paintings on wood and paper and to the printed word . One young painter burned his entire collection of paintings of religious figures , at which he had been a specialist . Qu Rukuei brought three crates of his alchemical and religious ...
... paintings on wood and paper and to the printed word . One young painter burned his entire collection of paintings of religious figures , at which he had been a specialist . Qu Rukuei brought three crates of his alchemical and religious ...
Page 314
... Painting in FR , 1/232 , 2/4 , 2/29 ; recopied , 2/330 . 40. FR , 2/110 on Ma Tang ; FR , 2/123 n . 5 on gifts , 2/125 on ... paintings , OS , p . 63 and FR , 2/330 ; painter's whole collection , 2/261 ; Qu , FR , 2/342 and OS , p . 269 ...
... Painting in FR , 1/232 , 2/4 , 2/29 ; recopied , 2/330 . 40. FR , 2/110 on Ma Tang ; FR , 2/123 n . 5 on gifts , 2/125 on ... paintings , OS , p . 63 and FR , 2/330 ; painter's whole collection , 2/261 ; Qu , FR , 2/342 and OS , p . 269 ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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