A imaginária religiosa de Goiás: o reconhecimento de Veiga Valle e o anonimato dos santeiros goianos (1820-1940)
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2016-07-14
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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This Master's Thesis, entitled “The Sacred Art in Goiás: the recognition of the work of
Veiga Valle and the other anonymous saint makers (1820-1940)”, presents the results
of the field research and the literature review about the saint makers from the state of
Goiás, Brazil, that remained under the shadow of José Joaquim da Veiga (1806-1874)
during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Hence, the considered
period of the artistic production starts in 1820 and ends in 1940. In spite of not
including a secular historical study, this work deals with the biographies of the artists
and their art works. Regarding the religious iconographic representations, only those
that are relevant to the role of saint makers, related to the considered period, are
analyzed. Basically, the text discuss the saint makers role as creators of either original
or non-original art works that represent not only their own subjectiveness but also the
collective spirit of their time. In addition, the aim is to determine the relations between
history and art history in terms of saint makers art and to understand the language
associated to the images and their potential for the comparative analyses of the works.
Initially, the objective was to develop a comparative study between the works by Veiga
Valle and his son Henrique Ernesto da Veiga Jardim (1849-1933). However, the
conducted research revealed other saint makers from the state of Goiás that deserve
recognition as well. Hence, the goal was slightly modified into the discoveries of their
works, their location and the authorship corroborating documents. In the cities of
Goiás, Pirenópolis, Goiânia, Jaraguá and Cuiabá, the empirical research and interviews
were developed based on the methodology of the oral history. Among the most
relevant saint makers from the state of Goiás, one can mention Antonio de Sá (1879-
1905) and Francisco Ignácio da Luz (1821-1878), both from the city of Pirenópolis,
Henrique Ernesto Veiga Jardim and Sebastião da Silva Jesus, this one known as
Sebastião Epifânio (1869-1937) from the city of Vilas Boas. In order to understand the
sacred art in Goiás, it is important to define a group of images for the iconographic
study, namely, the sculptures of God Boy, that were chosen not only due to their
presence during religious celebrations, but also because they were made in significant
numbers by Veiga Valle and the other studied saint makers. Only Francisco Ignácio
has never carved or even there is no sign about such event. The aim of this research is
to focus on some concepts related to the art history and to demonstrate the
interpretation about the found discoveries, once the history itself shows distinct
versions and seeks an approximation with the truth, the verisimilitude. Through the
collection of documents and iconographic analysis, the research was conducted towards
to reveal anonymous saint makers, to valorize their art works, a heritage of the cultural
patrimony from the state of Goiás. Additionally, these sacred art works have great
devotional meaning and nowadays they are also considered as artistic objects. Most of
these works can be found in either private collections or even are exposed in museums
and churches.
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MACHADO, Raquel de Souza. A imaginária religiosa de Goiás: o reconhecimento de Veiga Valle e o anonimato dos santeiros goianos (1820-1940). 2016. 274 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Historia) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2016.