Break the code: A contribution to the classification and interpretation of Portuguese faience iconography (17th-18th centuries). Anthropomorphic representations

Mário Varela Gomes; Tânia Manuel Casimiro

Break the code: A contribution to the classification and interpretation of Portuguese faience iconography (17th-18th centuries). Anthropomorphic representations

Mário Varela Gomes, Tânia Manuel Casimiro

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Abstract

This paper aims for a contribution to the study of the iconography
repertoire existing on Portuguese faience and the debatable
issues which relate those representations to the symbolic world,
the sacred and the profane or to the messages that those images
try to portray. This approach is rooted within different disciplinary
methodologies and knowledge such as Archaeology, History of Art, Psychology and Semiotics. The paper will investigate the cognitive off idiosyncratic testimonies of those societies, of the people who produced the objects and the ones who consumed them. The iconographic repertoires can be divided into five
categories: anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, phytomorphic, geometric and heraldic. These appear as part of larger compositions formed by one, two or even more of these elements. Despite the large variety of decorations in this paper we will focus on some anthropomorphic representations such as mythological Christian, pagan and nobility representations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the First International Conference of Portuguese Faience (16th-19th Centuries)
Editors	Rosa Varela Gomes, Tânia Manuel Casimiro, Mário Varela Gomes
Place of Publication	Lisboa
Publisher	Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Pages	449-472
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Print)	978-84-7956-158-1
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	1º Congresso Internacional de Faiança Portuguesa - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 22 May 2013 → 25 May 2013 http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/media/eventos/1o-congresso-internacional-de-faianca-portuguesa

Conference

Conference	1º Congresso Internacional de Faiança Portuguesa
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisboa
Period	22/05/13 → 25/05/13
Internet address	http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/media/eventos/1o-congresso-internacional-de-faianca-portuguesa

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Gomes, M. V., & Casimiro, T. M. (2016). Break the code: A contribution to the classification and interpretation of Portuguese faience iconography (17th-18th centuries). Anthropomorphic representations. In R. Varela Gomes, T. Manuel Casimiro, & M. Varela Gomes (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference of Portuguese Faience (16th-19th Centuries) (pp. 449-472). Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Gomes, Mário Varela ; Casimiro, Tânia Manuel. / Break the code : A contribution to the classification and interpretation of Portuguese faience iconography (17th-18th centuries). Anthropomorphic representations. Proceedings of the First International Conference of Portuguese Faience (16th-19th Centuries). editor / Rosa Varela Gomes ; Tânia Manuel Casimiro ; Mário Varela Gomes. Lisboa : Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2016. pp. 449-472

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Gomes, MV & Casimiro, TM 2016, Break the code: A contribution to the classification and interpretation of Portuguese faience iconography (17th-18th centuries). Anthropomorphic representations. in R Varela Gomes, T Manuel Casimiro & M Varela Gomes (eds), Proceedings of the First International Conference of Portuguese Faience (16th-19th Centuries). Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, pp. 449-472, 1º Congresso Internacional de Faiança Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal, 22/05/13.

Break the code: A contribution to the classification and interpretation of Portuguese faience iconography (17th-18th centuries). Anthropomorphic representations. / Gomes, Mário Varela ; Casimiro, Tânia Manuel.
Proceedings of the First International Conference of Portuguese Faience (16th-19th Centuries). ed. / Rosa Varela Gomes; Tânia Manuel Casimiro; Mário Varela Gomes. Lisboa: Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2016. p. 449-472.

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