Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

This is a superbly illustrated exploration of one of the most important works of comparative religion ever published. In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe, the "Ceremonies et costumes religieuses de tous les peoples du monde" (1723-37), written by Jean Frederic Bernard and illustrated by renowned engraver Bernard Picart, set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion approaches this much-cited but little-studied work from a variety of angles, with fifteen scholarly essays examining Bernard and Picart's authorial and artistic strategies, the handling of religious differences, and the cultural context that fostered the creation of one of the most influential works of comparative religion ever published.

ISBN 089236968X   Pages 388 ISBN13 9780892369683 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1111 Publisher Getty Trust Publications   Published in Santa Monica CA Imprint Getty Research Institute,U.S.   Height (mm) 254 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 179 Publication date 01 Feb 2010   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 759.4   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

		Introduction by Lynn Hunt and Margaret Jacob		1
Pt. 1		Authorial and Artistic Practices
		Jean Frederic Bernard as Author and Publisher by Wijnand Mijnhardt		17
		Bernard Picart's Dutch Connections: Family Trouble, the Amsterdam Theater, and the Business of Engraving by Inger Leemans		35
		The Collegiants: A Small Presence in the Dutch Republic, a Large Metaphor for the Book by Jesse Sadler		59
		Reproduction and Authenticity in Bernard Picart's Impostures Innocentes by Ann Jensen Adams		75
		The Impostures Innocentes: Bernard Picart's Defense of the Professional Engraver by Louis Marchesano		105
Pt. 2		The Representation of Difference: A Global Approach
		Picart, Bernard, Hermes, and Muhammad (Not Necessarily in That Order) by David Brafman		139
		Persian Pictures: Art, Documentation, and Self-Reflection in Jean Frederic Bernard and Bernard Picart's Representations of Islam by Kishwar Rizvi		169
		Monsieur Picart and the Gentiles of India by Sanjay Subrahmanyam		197
		Bernard Picart on China: "Curious" Discourses and Images Taken Principally from Jesuit Sources by Marcia Reed		215
		Chinese Idols and Religious Art: Questioning Difference in Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses by Catherine E. Clark		235
		Quetzalcoatl's Enlightened City: A Close Reading of Bernard Picart's Engraving of Cholollan/Cholula by Veronica A. Gutierrez		251
		Illness and Death among Americans in Bernard Picart's Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses by Peter C. Mancall		271
Pt. 3		The Religious and Intellectual Context of Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses
		The Gallican and Jansenist Roots of Jean Frederic Bernard and Bernard Picart's Vision of the Inquisition by Guillaume Calafat		291
		(Re)Inventing Encyclopedism in the Early European Enlightenment: Connecting Antoine-Augustin Bruzen de La Martiniere with the Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses by Hans-Jurgen Lusebrink		313
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