REPENSAR O PATRIMÓNIO PORTUGUÊS DA ÉPOCA MODERNA(ARTES E ARQUITETURA, SECS. XVI-XVIII)RETHINKING THE EARLY-MODERN PORTUGUESE HERITAGE

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Description

Challenging the past. Patronage, and agency of people of African birth or descent in early-modern Arts and Architecture in Portugal, rethink the early modern history of European art and architecture, using Portugal as an exploratory case. The main ambition is to unveil the active role of people of African birth or descent in the construction or creation of what is currently considered Portuguese National Heritage (both material and immaterial). The idea is to recover the lost traces of patronage, funding, taste choices, production, and realization carried out by black individuals or communities who, coming to or being born in Portugal, lived here as enslaved, freed or free people. As provocatively proposed by Olivette Otele in 2020, they were African Europeans, and from this new perspective our perception of Portuguese artistic history can radically change.
Period2 Dec 2024
Event typeWorkshop
LocationCoimbra, PortugalShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational