Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque
Tambling, Jeremy.
Lo, Louis.
The book studies the baroque and the postmodern art and architecture of Macao, as an ex-Portuguese colony founded in the sixteenth century. Examining how the 'Baroque' has been used in critical and cultural theory, it uses this to help visitors to Macao understand its complex history, both colonial and Chinese.
Description based upon print version of record.
Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1. Learning from Macao: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Seven Libraries; Chapter 3. Igreja e Seminário São José (St Joseph's Seminary and Church); Chapter 4. Igreja de São Domingos (Church of St Dominic); Chapter 5. Ruínas de São Paulo (Ruins of St Paul's); Chapter 6. Neo-Classicism; Chapter 7. Walling the City; Chapter 8. Macao's Chinese Architecture; Chapter 9. Colonialism and Modernity; Chapter 10. Camões and the Casa Garden; Chapter 11. Is Postmodern Macao's Architecture Baroque?
Chapter 12. Death in MacaoNotes; Glossary of Terms; Index of Macao Places; General Index
The book studies the baroque and the postmodern art and architecture of Macao, as an ex-Portuguese colony founded in the sixteenth century. Examining how the 'Baroque' has been used in critical and cultural theory, it uses this to help visitors to Macao understand its complex history, both colonial and Chinese.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-248) and indexes.
Description based on print version record.
Art, Chinese