This catalogue contains 32 works showcased in "Strolling and Feeling: Watercolour paintings of Lai Ieng" exhibition. The author has created those watercolours when he walked through the streets and alleys of Macao, and travelled across the islands over the years. Both well-known landmarks and unremarkable small corners have become his inspirational painting themes. When leafing through this catalogue, it is hoped that the readers can follow the artist's sketching footprints, and through his paintings pay renewed attention to sceneries in their surroundings, discovering the little joy in life while exploring the city''''s charming landscapes from a local perspective.

Introduce the selection and winning entries of the Exhibition of Macao Visual Arts 2018

The paperback catalogue is a collection of images of the works from the exhibition ‘Masterpieces of Russian Art from the State Tretyakov Gallery’, which includes 70 oil paintings and sculptures.

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Este livro tem como objectivo o estudo da escultura, da pintura, da ourivesaria e de outras disciplinas das habitualmente chamadas Artes Decorativas e Iconográficas, sempre de origem europeia, sejam religiosas sejam laicas, existentes em Macau, e que chegaram ao território ou foram aqui executadas durante a administração partilhada com os portugueses, concretamente, entre 1557 e 1911. Essa origem europeia tanto representa importações directas da Europa, com Portugal em lugar destacado, como de outras regiões já asiáticas, como da Índia, Goa em particular, e de Manila, e também as que foram executadas no território, mas com uma matriz estética e uma iconografia de raiz europeia, seja por artistas chineses ou japoneses, seja por europeus que se estabeleceram na cidade. Consideramos este livro a continuação e complemento de outros trabalhos que tiveram como objecto a cidade de Macau, sobretudo do livro A Urbanização e a Arquitectura dos Portugueses em Macau, 1557-1911, editado, em Lisboa, já em 2005. Não será um inventário completo, mas o autor tentou elencar as obras mais significativas de cada disciplina artística, e das diversas origens, para ilustrar o panorama artístico macaense durante o período em estudo.

This book provides the first detailed investigation into a particular aspect of Macau’s rich musical tapestry during the past five centuries. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including travellers’ accounts, government documents, music manuscripts, newspapers reviews as well as the body of research on the history of Macau, the author discusses the unique relationship between religious faith and military defence within the context of Portugal and its Asian colonies and the consequent role of the Catholic Church and the military bands in shaping the musical life of Macau between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Chinese edition of this book was first released in 2013, with the second printing in 2014 and the third printing, on which this English edition is based, in 2015. This book is to introduce the story of Taipa’s firecracker industry from its birth in 1923 to its eventual demise in the last quarter of the 20th century, including details of the development of the firecracker industry in Taipa, the six firecracker factories in Taipa, the traditional process of making firecrackers, and the demise of the firecracker industry in Taipa.