Chapel V of V
Rites of the World
How European engravers pictured the religions of the world: Bernard Picart's Religious Ceremonies of the 1720s, the Hindu gods of Sonnerat's Voyage of 1806, Ferrario's costume atlas, and the rites of Mexico, Japan, China and the Caribbean.
149 prints

Rites of the World · MDCCC
Seated Buddha at Gaya, Antique Dutch Print of a Statue in Bengal, ca. 1800
1800 · 12 × 20.8 cm€120

Rites of the World · MDCCXC
Antique Print of a Pilgrim Carrying Water from the Ganges by Poisson 'c.1790'
1790 · 20.5 × 28.5 cm€100

Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of Tongzhou and a Pilgrimage by Van Schley, 1749
1749 · 19.5 × 25.5 cm€100

Rites of the World · MDCCXXI
Antique Print of a Gathering Around a Fire in Virginia by B. Picart, 1721
1721 · 24.6 × 39.6 cm€100

Rites of the World · MDCCXXIV
Antique Religion Print Showing Rituals & Ceremonies for the Death of a Pope 1724
1724 · 28 × 45 cm€97