DE CARO, Antonio. “(Re-) producing conversion from Rome to Beijing. Stories Related to Replicas of the Salus Populi Romani in the Late-sixteenth Century”. Convivium. Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean. Seminarium Kondakovianum Series Nova. Brno, 2021, VIII, No 2, p. 148-165. ISSN 2336-3452.
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Original name “(Re-) producing conversion from Rome to Beijing. Stories Related to Replicas of the Salus Populi Romani in the Late-sixteenth Century”
Name in Czech Přenos konverze z Říma do Pekingu Příběhy obrácení spojenés replikami Salus Populi Romani a mariánských zbožných obrazů v Číně na konci 16. století
Authors DE CARO, Antonio.
Edition Convivium. Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean. Seminarium Kondakovianum Series Nova, Brno, 2021, 2336-3452.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60401 Arts, Art history
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English Salus Populi Romani; Christianity in China; Jesuit missions in China; Matteo Ricci; Conversion
Tags Chinese Christianity, conversion, Conversion to Christianity, Salus Populi Romani in China, Silk Road, World History
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Antonio De Caro, Doctor of Philosophy, učo 244328. Changed: 7/12/2021 20:20.
Abstract
Replicas of Marian images, especially the Salus Populi Romani, played an important role in the conversion of Chinese literati and commoners to Christianity. This article examines the diffusion of replicas of the Salus Populi Romani in the Ming Empire during the late sixteenth century, including both copies produced in situ and those coming from Europe. It focuses particularly on the role of miraculous and conversion tales related to the vision of Salus Populi Romani reproductions. This paper also focuses on the renowned conversion of the Chinese literatus (Paul) Xu Guangqi 徐光啓 (1562-1633) as it has been narrated by the Jesuit missionaries and the controversial role in his conversion played by a Marian devotional image. Conversely, this piece takes into consideration the role played by the production and reproduction of Marian devotional images in the Ming dynasty cultural context, including a new change in the enthusiasm in China for "Western" artworks and the wide diffusion of Roman Catholicism through "European" and "European-like" devotional images.
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