Allegories about modern: the paintings "Human Solidarity" and "The Progress" of Eliseu Visconti (1866-1944)
This text proposes a discussion of the paintings made by Eliseu D’Angelo Visconti (1866-1944) as a request made by the National Library in 1911 as an invitation to reflect on the insertion of determined ideas on the issue of modernity and modern, inscribed in a visual support, the result of a specif...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repository: | Estudos Ibero-Americanos |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/1340 |
| Online Access: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/1340 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Allegories Eliseu Visconti National Library Alegorías Biblioteca Nacional Alegorias |
| Summary: | This text proposes a discussion of the paintings made by Eliseu D’Angelo Visconti (1866-1944) as a request made by the National Library in 1911 as an invitation to reflect on the insertion of determined ideas on the issue of modernity and modern, inscribed in a visual support, the result of a specific historical moment and catalyze of social, visual, sensorial, personal and cultural experiences apprehended by a painter. It aims at presenting some reflexions about the use of the visual support as a source as well as suggest a possible interpretation of the elements laid on the two paintings named “Human Solidarity” and layeter called “Instruction” and Progress. |
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