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Macau
Effective Public Communication [COM 30103]
Assignment : Oral Presentation
Name : Alfred Loh Kai Xuan
Id : 0323581
Lecturer : Mohd Ridhwan Abdullah
Session : September 2015 (Class 4 - 6 P.M.
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- 1. Ruins of StPaul, The Church of Master Dei, Macau Effective Public Communication [COM 30103] Assignment : Oral Presentation Name : Alfred Loh Kai Xuan Id : 0323581 Lecturer : Mohd Ridhwan Abdullah Session : September 2015 (Class 4 - 6 P.M. Wednesday)
- 2. Historical Background ofRuins of St Paul, Church of Master Dei Historically, the Church of Master Dei was built between 1602 and 1640 adjoining the Jesuit College of St. Paul that was the first Western college in the Far East. The church was made of wood, and it was brilliantly decorated and furnished. The facade of carved stone was built by Japanese Christian craftsmen who were refugees after the religion was wiped out in Japan. It was built under the direction of Italian Jesuit Carlo Spinola. It was abandoned after the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1762 and a military battalion was stationed there. In 1835 a fire erupted in the kitchen of the barracks, destroying everything, except what you see today.
- 3. The Structure ofthe Church is supported by wood before the burning Structure
- 4. After the burning,the façade of the church is supported by stainless steel frames to prevent it from falling forward or backward
- 5. Structure layout ofthe Church before it was burn down
- 6. Structure layout ofthe Church after it was burn down
- 7. Monument The monument ofthe church is the ruins of St Paul itself because of it’s iconic design during then and now, it represented the church as it’s monument and will forever be representing the church
- 8. Types of OrnamentationUsed on Ruins of St Paul
- 10. A Dove, representingthe Holy Spirit, surrounded by stone carvings of the Sun, Moon and Stars
- 11. A statue ofthe infant Jesus, and around it, stone carvings of the implements of the Crucifixion
- 12. Pliers, Hammer, TheWhip, Crown of Thorns and Spear
- 13. Flag, Wood, Nailsand Ladder
- 14. In the centerof the third tier stands the Virgin Mary being assumed bodily into heaven along with angels and two flowers
- 15. Two flowers surroundingVirgin Mary
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- 17. To the rightof the Virgin is a carving of the tree of life
- 18. The apocalyptic woman,Mary, slaying a seven-headed hydra
- 19. The Japanese kanjinext to her read: ‘ The holy mother tramples the heads of the dragon’
- 20. To the leftof the central statue of Mary, a ‘star’ guides a ship (the Church) through a storm (sin)
- 21. The angel, ‘star’The ship, the Church Storm/Rough wave, Sin
- 22. A carving ofthe devil is to the left
- 23. The fourth tierhas statues of four Jesuit doctors of the church
- 24. Left Blessed Francisco de Borja StIgnatius Loyola, The founder of the order St Francis Xavier, The apostle of the Far East Right Blessed Luís Gonzaga
- 25. Type of materialsused Before the fire - Wood - Carving Stones - Copper After the fire - Carving Stones - Copper - Stainless Steel frame (to support the structure)
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- 27. Missionaries such asMatteo Ricci (left) and Adam Schall Von Bell (right) studied Chinese at the university before serving at the Ming Court in Beijing as astronomers and mathematicians
- 28. The facade is27 meters tall, 23.5 meters wide and 2.7 meters thick
- 29. At the backside of the ruins, a museum was built in 1995. There is a crypt that has the remains of Japanese and Vietnamese martyrs, and there is a museum of sacred art with paintings, sculptures and liturgical objects
- 30. The facade andstairway are all that remain of this early-17th- century Jesuit church. With its statues, portals and engravings that effectively make up a ‘sermon in stone’ and a Biblia pauperum (Bible of the poor), the church was one of the greatest monuments to Christianity in Asia, intended to help the illiterate understand the Passion of Christ and the lives of the saints
- 31. Ruins of StPaul is one of the famous UNESCO World Heritage sites It attracted many visitors every year as it is one of the most iconic Church
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