Giovanni Niccolo
Encyclopedia
Giovanni Niccolo was a Jesuit Italian
painter who in 1583 was sent to found a seminary of painting, named the Seminary of Painters in Portuguese
Japan
. This seminary
, founded in 1590 and exiled from the Japanese archipelago fewer than three decades later, would become the largest school of western painting
in Asia. While there, Niccolo also created devotional objects for use by Japanese Catholic churches and converts. His preferred images were primarily the Salvator Mundi
and Madonna
.
Italy
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painter who in 1583 was sent to found a seminary of painting, named the Seminary of Painters in Portuguese
Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire , also known as the Portuguese Overseas Empire or the Portuguese Colonial Empire , was the first global empire in history...
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. This seminary
Seminary
A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
, founded in 1590 and exiled from the Japanese archipelago fewer than three decades later, would become the largest school of western painting
Western painting
The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from antiquity. Until the mid-19th century it was primarily concerned with representational and Classical modes of production, after which time more modern, abstract and conceptual forms gained favor.Developments...
in Asia. While there, Niccolo also created devotional objects for use by Japanese Catholic churches and converts. His preferred images were primarily the Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi, or Saviour of the World, is a subject in iconography depicting Christ with his right hand raised in blessing and his left hand holding an orb surmounted by a cross, known as a globus cruciger...
and Madonna
Mary (mother of Jesus)
Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...
.