Igrejas e Conventos da Bahia - Monumenta

sobretudo nos cristos. Foi
utilizado nas partes nobres das
imagens – cabeça, mãos e pés –,
que também eram
policromadas.
A maioria das imagens em
marfim tinha origem
indo-portuguesa. Alguns
cristos crucificados de marfim,
trazidos do Oriente pelos
portugueses, recebiam cruzes
executadas na Bahia. Mas as
imagens de Cristo geralmente
eram feitas em madeira e
encarnadas. Távora atribuiu à
influência italiana a perda do
exotismo, que marcava o
Cristo seiscentista, e o
predomínio do naturalismo no
tratamento anatômico e das
expressões e movimentos
dramáticos, teatrais.
Eram raras as imagens de
pequeníssimo porte de ouro ou
prata. Esses metais foram
expressões e movimentos
dramáticos – Durante o período
barroco, o teatro de ópera
enfatizou a dramaticidade dos
gestos e expressões, no que foi
imitado pelas artes plásticas. Isso
explica, por exemplo, as posturas
e gestos das figuras que
compõem os Passos ou Mistérios
da Paixão, como eram chamados
no século XVIII, ou os êxtases de
Santa Teresa.
and Ceylon – appeared
mostly in Christs. It was used
in the noble parts of images –
head, hands and feet –, also
polychromed.
Most ivory images had
Indo-Portuguese origin. Some
ivory Christ Crucifieds, brought
from the East by the
Portuguese, were placed on
crosses made in Bahia. But
images of Christ were usually
made of wood and then
painted in carnation. Távora
attributed the loss of the
exotism that marked the Christ
of the 1600s to the advance of
Italian influence, bringing the
predominance of anatomical
naturalism and theatrical,
dramatic expressions and
movements.
Very small scale images
made of gold or silver were
very rare. These metals were
dramatic expressions and
movements – During the Baroque
period, opera theater stressed the
dramatic quality of gestures and
expressions, and in that sense it
was followed by visual arts. That
explains, for instance, the poses
and gestures of figures on the
Stations of the Cross or Mysteries
of the Passion, as they were called
in the 18 th century, or the ecstasy
of Saint Theresa.
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