1st Edition
The Good Shepherd Rockery from Portuguese India, 1570s to 1650s Emulation and Dissimulation in a Case of Missionary Art
1 Introduction
2 Scholarship and curatorship between national identity and colonial otherness
3 A descriptive overview on technical-stylistic and iconographic features
4 At the "origin of the pure heart": Graphic models and local prototypes
5 Before the rockery: Rock crystal prototypes from Sri Lanka
6 Rhizomatic perspectives on arborescent motifs
7 In a grove of crosses: Translating Indo-Syriac symbology into the Latin figurative canon
8 Interstices and interferences: Further exchanges from the Indic artistic landscape
Biography
Dr. Francesco Gusella is a historian of South Asian art with a focus on Portuguese India. He conducted research in Portugal, Germany, Italy, and India on various colonial and missionary works including carvings, textiles, metalworks, architecture, and paintings.
