SACRED ART AND VISUAL SPLENDOUR: AN EXHIBITION AT THE ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM, SINGAPORE - TAASA Review September 2016

SACRED ART AND VISUAL SPLENDOUR: AN EXHIBITION AT THE ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM, SINGAPORE – TAASA Review September 2016

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This article was originally found in the September 2016 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 16).

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Ken Parry T he exhibition Christianity in Asia: Sacred Art and Visual Splendour on display at the recently refurbished Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore is the most extensive exhibition of its kind so far.

The director of the ACM, Alan Chong, has invited several international scholars to contribute to the catalogue, making its publication a significant event in itself.

Although the primary focus of the exhibition is on the 16th and 17th centuries, there are objects and essays covering the earlier periods in Central Asia, China and India...