A Comparative Study of Portuguese Colonial Architecture: a Case Study of East Timor and Macau

DOI

10.2991/icassee-19.2019.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

East Timor; Macau; architectural style; Portuguese architecture; Portuguese colony

Abstract

The Democratic Republic of East Timor (hereinafter referred to as East Timor) and the Macau Special Administrative Region of China (hereinafter referred to as Macau) have historically been the Portuguese colonies in the Far East area. During the period of Timor and Macau's ownership of Portugal, the two colonies brought art from South-West Europe, such as songs, dance, architecture, etc. After the unique Western atmosphere collided with the local civilization, it formed a multicultural culture with local characteristics. This paper is divided into four parts to discuss the Portuguese architectural styles of East Timor and Macau. The first part is the introduction to the background, including the historical background of East Timor and Macau, the purpose and significance. The second part is the main body, starting from the development process of colonial architecture and the decorative details of the building, combing the Portuguese architecture of East Timor and Macau, and summarizing the style characteristics and differences of Portuguese architecture. In the third part, it proposes the problem to be solved in this paper, namely, the reason why the Portuguese architecture can be influenced by the aesthetic taste of the Portuguese colonists and the local culture. The fourth part is the conclusion. On the basis of the review and summary of the full text, this paper puts forward further thinking.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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