Mater Dei: leitura arquitetónica e iconológica da Igreja do Colégio da Madre de Deus em Macau

Abstract

Built in the first half of the 17th century, the Church of Madre de Deus College of Macao is an emblematic example of the architecture of the Jesuits in the context of the Portuguese Expansion. We will begin by making the architectural reading of the church as well as its contextualisation within the framework of the remaining architectures of religious function of the city of Macao. Testimony of the cross of cultures, we intend to analyze the iconographic elements of the façade, contextualizing them in the catechetical sense of the Order with the cultural miscegenation it promoted.