Arts and Humanities

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Art

Marciano A. Baptista by Joe Baptista.  Article on Macau’s famous painter 

Macau Anos 40 by George Vitalievich Smirnoff.  Leal Senado de Macau, Museu Luis de Camões (sem data) (undated).  (Copy held in Library of Lusitano Club, Hong Kong)

Chinese Treasures – Macau’s landmarks exquisitely carved in jade.

Architecture

S. Paulo: The dominant and unforgettable symbol of Macau for the last 400 years has been the great Church of the Mother of God (commonly called St Paul), begun in 1602. The façade, all that now remains, was completed in 1637. The church itself was destroyed by fire in 1835, but the great stone facade endures, the finest European building in the Far East. Several recent books celebrate Macau’s unique heritage of church and military architecture.

 S. Paulo, by  Henry d’Assumpção.   A brief history of the Church of the Mother of God, now commonly called St Paul

Macao’s Church of Saint Paul: A Glimmer of the Baroque in China, by César Guillén Nuñez. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2009.

As ruínas de S. Paulo, Macau, um monumento para o futuro (The Ruins of St Paul, Macau, a monument to the future). Lisboa (Catálogo de Exposição), Macau, Companhia de Jesus, Setembro-Dezembro de 1994. (Lisbon (Exhibition Catalogue), Macau, the Society of Jesus)

A study of the church of St. Paul in Macao and the transformation of Portuguese architecture by Marcel Nishiyama

The Defences of Macau: Forts, Ships and Weapons over 450 Years, by Richard J.Garrett.  Hong Kong University Press, 2010.  An expert account of the ancient fortifications of Macau, superbly illustrated. However, Garrett looks only at the structures and the military hardware, not at the people who manned the forts.

Delivered From The Jaws Of Death by Stuart  Braga, – An article on Penha Church.   Published in the Bulletin of Club Lusitano, 11 June 2019

Literature

David Brookshaw, Imperial Diasporas and the Search for Authenticity – The Macanese Fiction of Henrique de Senna Fernandes

Maria Helena do Carmo, Mercadores do ópio Fundação Oriente, Macau. – Based on contemporary documents, this romantic novel on eighteenth century Macau portrays the experiences of six decades of a Macanese family.

Henrique de Senna Fernandes

A-Chan, A Tancareira (A-Chan, the rowboat woman, an award-winning novel) Lobito, Angola, 1974  . In Portuguese

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (Love and Tiny Toes)  Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1986 – a novel and movie (1993). In Portuguese

A Trança Feiticeira (The Bewitching Braid)  Fundação Oriente, Lisboa, 1993, a novel and movie (1996).
Mong Há Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1998 – A novel. Versions in Portuguese and English
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