Brazilian Marianne: republican images and the dilemmas of the imperial past

• Grant number: 16/18102-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: August 27, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Art Fundamentals and Criticism
• Principal Investigator: Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni
• Grantee: Carlos Rogerio Lima Junior
• Host Institution: Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/12196-3 - Marianne in Brazil: the making of the image of the Brazilian Republic and the French artistic models, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The Proclamation of the Republic, on November 15, 1889, gave rise to the production of a new visuality for the nation. Through a survey of historical paintings, portraits and allegories found in museums and archives in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Pará and Amazonas, but also their printed and recorded reproductions in lithographs (newspapers, magazines and pamphlets), produced in the early republican times, this investigation aims to demonstrate how symbols and images were created in order to promote a visual legitimation of republican power in tension with the imagery of the imperial regime.A careful analysis of the corpus of images collected showed that, differently from what one might suppose, the images of the Republic do not completely supplant those of the Empire. On the contrary, there are many survivors of the symbols of the previous regime in the one that takes effect. To demonstrate this, we will approach the images of Princess Isabel, the female allegories of the Republic, the portraits of Deodoro da Fonseca and the images of the proclamation of the Republic. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LIMA JUNIOR, Carlos Rogerio. Marianne in Brazil: republican images and the dilemmas of the Imperial past. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA/SBD) São Paulo.