The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces

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Autor(a) principal: Monteiro, Patrícia
Data de Publicação: 2024
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.14568/cp30991
Resumo: This paper will discuss how modern interventions changed the image of stucco altarpieces and their original polychromies. These works of art form a consistent group whose presence can still be seen in the Alentejo (Portugal), built between the 16th and 20th centuries. Although its popularity in this region over the centuries cannot be overstated, this artistic heritage has been misunderstood in terms of constituent materials, artisanal construction techniques, and polychrome coatings. All of the mimetic potentials of these altarpieces were laid out in their colourful finishing which successfully imitated other materials, particularly marble. This visual image was irreversibly altered because of intensive whitewashing or modern repainting with synthetic materials. We will examine how local populations have reacted to this historical heritage through various examples, taking into account psychological, cultural, and even economic factors.
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spelling The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpiecesAs cores do engano: imitações de mármore em retábulos de stucco no AlentejoArticlesThis paper will discuss how modern interventions changed the image of stucco altarpieces and their original polychromies. These works of art form a consistent group whose presence can still be seen in the Alentejo (Portugal), built between the 16th and 20th centuries. Although its popularity in this region over the centuries cannot be overstated, this artistic heritage has been misunderstood in terms of constituent materials, artisanal construction techniques, and polychrome coatings. All of the mimetic potentials of these altarpieces were laid out in their colourful finishing which successfully imitated other materials, particularly marble. This visual image was irreversibly altered because of intensive whitewashing or modern repainting with synthetic materials. We will examine how local populations have reacted to this historical heritage through various examples, taking into account psychological, cultural, and even economic factors.Este artigo irá debater a forma como intervenções modernas têm vindo a alterar a imagem e a policromia original dos altares em stucco. Estas obras de arte constituem um grupo muito consistente construído entre os séculos XVI e XX e cuja presença ainda é visível no Alentejo (Portugal). Muito embora a sua popularidade, ao longo dos séculos, seja inegável, este património artístico foi incompreendido no que diz respeito aos seus materiais constituintes, técnicas de construção artesanais e revestimentos polícromos. De facto, todo o potencial mimético destes retábulos consistia nos seus acabamentos polícromos que imitavam, com bastante sucesso, outros materiais, especialmente o mármore. Devido a intensas caiações ou a repintes modernos, com materiais sintéticos, esta imagem visual foi irreversivelmente alterada. Através de vários exemplos e considerando fatores de ordem psicológica, cultural e económica, analisaremos a forma como as populações locais se têm relacionado com este património histórico.ARP - Associação Profissional de Conservadores-Restauradores de Portugal2024-01-31info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.14568/cp30991eng2182-99421646-043XMonteiro, Patríciainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-05-06T11:21:35Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/30991Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-05-06T11:21:35Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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As cores do engano: imitações de mármore em retábulos de stucco no Alentejo
title The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
spellingShingle The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
Monteiro, Patrícia
Articles
title_short The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
title_full The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
title_fullStr The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
title_full_unstemmed The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
title_sort The colours of deception: marble imitations in Alentejo stucco altarpieces
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description This paper will discuss how modern interventions changed the image of stucco altarpieces and their original polychromies. These works of art form a consistent group whose presence can still be seen in the Alentejo (Portugal), built between the 16th and 20th centuries. Although its popularity in this region over the centuries cannot be overstated, this artistic heritage has been misunderstood in terms of constituent materials, artisanal construction techniques, and polychrome coatings. All of the mimetic potentials of these altarpieces were laid out in their colourful finishing which successfully imitated other materials, particularly marble. This visual image was irreversibly altered because of intensive whitewashing or modern repainting with synthetic materials. We will examine how local populations have reacted to this historical heritage through various examples, taking into account psychological, cultural, and even economic factors.
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