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June 2,2009

Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque

Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque

出版：香港大學出版社
編者：Tambling, Jeremy   Lo, Louis出版日期：14 April 2009ISBN：9789622099371售價：$50    會員：$45

A guide-book that brings to the reader the art and architecture of Macao, and the baroque treasures that make the territory attractive. It helps the reader who wants to understand the complex history and layout of the city, as a Portuguese ex-colony founded in the sixteenth century, and as a modern Chinese city.

"A book we have all been waiting for – I wish I could have written it. A magnificent evocation of historic Macao, the 'capital of the sixteenth century' in Asia, just as Paris was the capital of the nineteenth century in Europe. The authors are well versed in cultural theory, and in this book they purposely and fittingly adopt the pose of Benjaminian flaneurs as they take us on a cultural walk through some of the significant sites in this beautiful baroque city – before it is turned into ruins by money-grabbing gambling houses. A must-read for all visitors to Macao as well as students in architecture, cultural history and cultural studies." – Leo Ou-fan Lee, Professor of Humanities, Chinese University of Hong Kong; author of City between Worlds: My Hong Kong


"Verbal description and photographs conspire here to present the city of Macao in vignettes of its colonial, 'baroque' architecture reflected upon from a postcolonial and postmodern perspective. Rich in words and images, a delightful book!"

Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque is a guide-book with a difference. It brings to the reader the art and architecture of Macao, and the baroque treasures that make the territory so attractive. Lavishly illustrated, Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque helps the reader who wants to understand the complex history and layout of the city, as a Portuguese ex-colony founded in the sixteenth century, and as a modern Chinese city. As the authors consider the special nature of Macao's baroque, they discuss whether its Chinese architecture - its temples and gardens and houses - are also baroque; and what is the importance of the new casino architecture, much of which imitates 'the baroque' in its postmodern character. Weaving discussion of Camoes' epic poem, The Lusiads , about Portuguese imperialism, and Chinnery's paintings into the exploration of Macao's present buildings, the book contains 125 original photographs that add to the unique perspective that it provides for the thoughtful visitor or the longstanding lover of the city. 

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