Pedro Américo and the 1884 Fine Arts General Exhibition: Religious History Painting and Orientalism

• Grant number: 17/08424-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: October 02, 2017
• End date: February 24, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Art Fundamentals and Criticism
• Principal Investigator: Elaine Cristina Dias
• Grantee: Fabriccio Miguel Novelli Duro
• Supervisor: Alain Philippe Quemin
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Université Vincennes Saint-Denis (Paris 8), France
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/01908-4 - Pedro Américo and the 1884 Fine Arts General Exhibition: religious history painting and Orientalism, BP.MS

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the paintings David and Abishag (1879), Judith and Holofernes (1880), and Moses and Jochebed (1884), painted by the Brazilian artist Pedro Américo (1843-1905), trying to understand its relationship with biblical history painting, a genre that underwent modifications during the nineteenth century due to the impact of orientalism in visual arts. This research will be carried out considering the transference of artistic models between Europe and Rio de Janeiro, as well as the circulation of artists and objects between Europe and the Orient.