Candomblé image: a mitic-ritual creation

Author(s)

Denise Conceição Ferraz de Camargo

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes
• Defense date: 2010-02-23

Examining board members

Inaicyra Falcão dos Santos; Fernando Cury de Tacca; Edson do Prado Pfutzenreuter; Reginaldo Prandi; Silvia Helena Simões Borelli

• Advisor: Inaicyra Falcão dos Santos

Abstract

This work discusses and analyses the photographical images in the mythical and ritual context of the African-Brazilian religion candomblé, proposing a reconnection between the contemporary ritual and the ancestral myth, as evidenced by phtography. This work considers the body a matriz that constitutes an important element for the maintenance of an African-Brazilian cultural heritage. The text analyses the imagery produced on the theme, by the protographers Pierre Verger, José Medeiros and Mario Cravo Neto, studying the distinct visual practices that embody the knowledge concerning these religious traditions. It concludes by describing the construction of a visual context within candomblé, wich resulted in a visual notebook narrating an imagetic and ritual experience. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/06231-9 - Image and ancestrality: a mithic-ritual creation
• Grantee: Denise Conceição Ferraz de Camargo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate