Marcia Reed is the former chief curator and associate director for special collections and exhibitions at the Getty Research Institute.
"Based on historical facts, vivid color print illustrations, and
comprehensive analysis, China on Paper unfolds a series of
spectacular historical events featuring cross-nation understanding
in the areas of science, religion, culture and art. . . . For any
researcher who wants to explore the Sino-European interaction or is
interested in China's cultural immigration, China on Paper presents
a hidden world behind prints, maps and illustrated books,
reflecting the beauty of diversity and continuing cultural
convergence."--Springer Science + Business Media
"A prize winning and well illustrated study of European contacts
with China in commerce and culture, starting in the late sixteenth
century."--Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance
"China on Paper is essential reading for both general and academic
readers with an interest in exchange of ideas, and 'paper' trade
goods, between Europe and China during this period."--History in
Review
"The virtue of this highly informative book is precisely this: it
allows us to give these works the consideration they deserve not
only as individual items, but more importantly as part of a
movement in the transfer of ideas; one that stimulated new hybrid
forms and shaped how China and Europe conceived of one another in
the pre-modern era."--The International Map Collector's Society
Journal
"As one expects from a Getty publication, the scholarship is
thorough and the reproductions are impeccable."--Publishers
Weekly
"This is a thorough, incisive study of the history and mutual
influences of the contacts between Europe and China from the 16th
to the mid-19th centuries as revealed in images on paper....
Recommended."--Choice
"The republication--at a very reasonable price--of this extremely
attractive collection is a welcome development, which will no doubt
stimulate further interest in the material and visual cultures of
this fascinating period."--Asian Studies Review
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