A pintura sacra no Século XIX: estudo das telas da igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Cachoeira - Ba

Abstract

The present monographic work approaches a study on the sacred painting with emphasis on the collection of 19th century canvases in the collection of the Igreja Matriz de Nossa Lady of the Rosary of Waterfall. A religious institution, located at Rua Ana Neri, with typological data from the first half of the 18th century, a construction that began in 1694, and completed in 1754. Listed by IPHAN under nº 120 of the History Book, fl. 21 on 09/15/1939 and from the Book of Fine Arts, page 47, on 09/15/1939. The population of Cachoeira in its religious diversity presents a society which is formed by many Catholic Christians, who have already visited the sacred spaces to to contemplate in the painting the biblical scenes in the decoration of the churches. Emphasizing then in this felt the influence of Bahian artists who greatly influenced the decoration of the temples religious in past centuries, such as the master José Joaquim da Rocha, founder of the Escola Baiana de Pintura and his disciple José Teófilo de Jesus. Therefore, in the field of museology, we understand that documentation is a essential requirement that guarantees the existence of the object. In this way we will gather information, transposing into words and images the existence of the 20th century canvas collection XIX, located in the collection of the Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Cachoeira.