Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta
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108<br />
A Religiosi<strong>da</strong>de na <strong>Bahia</strong><br />
Religiosity in <strong>Bahia</strong><br />
Mu<strong>da</strong>nças na mentali<strong>da</strong>de<br />
O século XVIII foi um<br />
período em que o repertório<br />
de formas se enriqueceu e<br />
to<strong>da</strong> uma paleta de cores se<br />
aperfeiçoou. O colorido <strong>da</strong>s<br />
imagens barrocas transcrevia<br />
êxtases, alegria de viver, ao<br />
mesmo tempo que se<br />
aproximava muito do gosto<br />
popular pelas cores<br />
simples e vivas.<br />
A alegria que brotava <strong>da</strong>s<br />
cores, dos estuques, <strong>da</strong>s talhas<br />
e dos torneados, assim como o<br />
poderio expresso pelas<br />
colunas, pilastras e cúpulas<br />
demonstravam que a arte<br />
tinha, em si mesma, uma<br />
razão de ser e sua justificação.<br />
A arte <strong>da</strong> Contrarreforma<br />
inventou o confessionário,<br />
exaltou a Virgem e os santos<br />
e opôs o triunfalismo católico<br />
à modéstia e nudez <strong>da</strong><br />
Reforma Protestante.<br />
O século XIX enriqueceria<br />
mais ain<strong>da</strong> a vi<strong>da</strong> dos baianos,<br />
mas, sobretudo, com bens<br />
materiais. As igrejas foram<br />
atingi<strong>da</strong>s pelos produtos <strong>da</strong>s<br />
novas tecnologias. Para ambos<br />
os séculos, as ideias de<br />
combate aos protestantes,<br />
hereges e gentios já não<br />
Changes in mentality<br />
During the 18 th century, the<br />
repertory of shapes was<br />
expanded, and the color<br />
palette was enhanced. In<br />
Baroque images, color was<br />
used to translate ecstasy, joy of<br />
living, and at the same time<br />
communicate with popular<br />
tastes through simple and<br />
bright colors.<br />
The joy emanating from the<br />
colors, the stucco, the carvings<br />
and turned wood, as well as<br />
the might expressed by the<br />
columns, pillars and domes<br />
showed that art had its own<br />
rationale. Counter-Reformation<br />
art invented the confessional,<br />
exalted the Virgin and the<br />
saints and opposed Catholic<br />
triumphalism to the modesty<br />
and bareness of Protestant<br />
Reformation.<br />
In the 19 th century, the<br />
lives of people in <strong>Bahia</strong> would<br />
be even more enriched, but<br />
mostly with material<br />
possessions. Churches were<br />
filled with the products of<br />
new technologies. In both of<br />
these centuries, ideas of<br />
combating the Protestants, the<br />
heretics and the gentiles were<br />
no longer present.