SHANGHAI: Matteo Ricci and his time

Among the celebrations for the fourth centenary of the death of Matteo Ricci, the Shanghai Department of the Italian Cultural Institute, together with Chinese partners, organized a series of activities to commemorate the Italian missionary. Among them, a study day on the theme “Encounter between Western and Chinese”, which took place on September 11th. Mr. Paolo Sabbatini, Director of Italian Culture Institute of Shanghai, summarized the life and the deeds of Matteo Ricci, and offered a preview of the program of exhibitions of great masterpieces from the Renaissance art masters, planned for 2010.