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Objetos Americanos En El Museo Delle Curiosità Naturali, Peregrine E Antiche Del Cardenal Flavio I Chigi (1631-1693), Davide Domenici
Objetos Americanos En El Museo Delle Curiosità Naturali, Peregrine E Antiche Del Cardenal Flavio I Chigi (1631-1693), Davide Domenici
Tejiendo imágenes. Homenaje a Victòria Solanilla Demestre
Resumen: El Cardenal Flavio Chigi (1631-1693), sobrino del pontífice Alejandro VII (Fabio Chigi), fue un importante coleccionista de arte en la Roma del siglo xvii. Entre sus colecciones, se encontraba el Museo delle curiosità naturali, peregrine e antiche, en donde el cardenal recogió antigüedades, especímenes naturalísticos y objetos de procedencia extraeuropea. El contenido del museo fue registrado, a partir de 1692, en varios inventarios que nos proporcionan una precisa imagen de la colección. En el presente capítulo se analiza el inventario de 1692 con el fin de identificar los objetos de posible procedencia americana, para dividirlos en grupos, entender su …
Marielle Franco, Rhaissa Sanches
Marielle Franco, Rhaissa Sanches
Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works
Marielle Franco was a Black, Brazilian activist (1979-2018) who rose from the favelas (poor areas) of Rio de Janeiro to be elected as a councilwoman in Rio's election of 2016. Franco was known for exposing the violence waged in the favelas by Brazil's military and police under the "pretense of maintaining law and order," as well as how the militia wields power over those who live in the favelas. In addition to detailing Franco's life, activism and death, this paper also explains the history and development of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the negative attitudes held …
The Symphony Of State: São Paulo's Department Of Culture, 1922-1938, Micah J. Oelze
The Symphony Of State: São Paulo's Department Of Culture, 1922-1938, Micah J. Oelze
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In 1920s-30s São Paulo, Brazil, leaders of the vanguard artistic movement known as “modernism” began to argue that national identity came not from shared values or even cultural practices but rather by a shared way of thinking, which they variously designated as Brazil’s “racial psychology,” “folkloric unconscious,” and “national psychology.” Building on turn-of-the-century psychological and anthropological theories, the group diagnosed Brazil’s national mind as characterized by “primitivity” and in need of a program of psychological development. The group rose to political power in the 1930s, placing the artists in a position to undertake such a project. The Symphony of State …
Review Of Native And National In Brazil (Comparative Studies In Society And History), Tracy Devine Guzmán
Review Of Native And National In Brazil (Comparative Studies In Society And History), Tracy Devine Guzmán
Tracy Devine Guzmán
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Counterfoundational Histories From Native Brazil: On Violence And The Aesthetics Of Memory, Tracy Devine Guzmán
Counterfoundational Histories From Native Brazil: On Violence And The Aesthetics Of Memory, Tracy Devine Guzmán
Tracy Devine Guzmán