天主教绘画艺术的中国化,不仅丰富了中国宗教美术本身,同时也以新的方式扩展了中国画的表现形式。一天主教绘画的中国化,最早可溯源到明末耶稣会士来华时期。明万历七年(1579),意大利天主教耶稣会士罗明坚(Michaele Ruggieri)奉命来华,带来了包括彩绘圣像在内的天主教绘画。明万历十一年(1583),他获准在广东肇庆建天主教堂,悬挂 The Chineseization of the Catholic painting art not only enriched the Chinese religious art itself, but also expanded the forms of Chinese painting in a new way. The first Chinese painting of bishop paintings can be traced back to the time when the Jesuits came to China in the late Ming Dynasty. In the seven years of Ming Dynasty (1579), Michaele Ruggieri, the Jesuits of Italy, was ordered to come to China and brought Catholic paintings including painted icons. Ming Wanli Eleven years (1583), he was allowed to build a Catholic Church in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, hanging