Iconografia de imagens de roca da Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Monte Cachoeira – Bahia

Abstract

The present monographic work has as its object of research images of roca de Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Monte (Cachoeira – Bahia), considering the history of this church, the religious context of the time in which they were produced and the its social function. This church maintains its activities led by the Brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Monte, which has continued to his religious work. Thus, he lives the religion and remembers his local traditions. The research is part of the Museology applied to collections line and is based on the history of art, especially in the iconographic study, which enables the reading and interpretation of the content of the images. The research sources are objects of historical character and artistic, in addition to other iconographic sources, bibliographic sources and oral sources.In addition to addressing the topic of dressing image, it provides information on devotion to Santos object of study in the context of the society of waterfalls.