China and Japan

Buddhism -Siddhartha -reincarnation -Enlightenment

Seated Buddha, Cave 20, Yungang, c. 460

The Western Paradise of Amitabha Buddha, c. 570

Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, early 11th century

Neo-Confucianism Li: principle or idea Qi: matter

Xu Daoning, Section of Fishing in a Mountain Stream, mid-11th century

Scene from the Tale of Genji, 12th century

Attributed to Kao Ninga, Monk Sewing, 14th century

The Jesuits and Art

Japan Temple complex, Horyu-Ji, 7th century

Pagoda, Horyu-Ji pagoda: Asian reliquary structure, multi-storied, often with each tier marked by outwardly projecting eaves

Kondo, Horyu-Ji

Giovanni Niccolo, Madonna and Child, 1583

Raphael, Small Cowper Madonna, 1505

Japanese artist, Salvator Mundi, 1597, oil on copper

Japanese artist, Madonna and Child, late 16th century

Japanese artist, Madonna of the Snows, 1583

Japanese screen painting

Japanese artist, Salvator Mundi, early 17th century

(Zen Buddhist painting- Monk Sewing (Zen Buddhist painting- Zenga painting)

Standing Daruma, 17th century

Nobutaka, Daruma, 16th century

Japanese artist, Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon, c. 1630s

Raphael, St. Michael Defeating Satan, c. 1510

Buddhist tomb guardian stepping on a demon, 8th century

Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, early 11th century

Yu Wenhui (Emmanuel Pereira), Portrait of Matteo Ricci, ca. 1610

Chinese artist, Madonna of St. Luke, ca. 1600

St. Luke Madonna

Kuanyin, China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Evangelicae historiae imagines, adnotationes, et meditacions, Jerome Nadal, Evangelicae historiae imagines, adnotationes, et meditacions, published in 1593

Plate from G. Nadal, Evangelicae historiae imagines, 1593 Temptation in the Wilderness, 1637

Cheng Dayue and Cheng Shifang, The Calling of Saint Peter, 1606

Cheng Dayue and Cheng Shifang, The Calling of Saint Peter, 1606