Abstract
The Colégio do Espírito Santo, where the University of Évora was founded in 1559, has received increasing attention regarding architectural and decorative critique and especially the 18th Century tiles. It is intended to highlight one of its themes: the views of China or chinoiserie, a trend and original recreation circa 1750, resulting from the visual culture of the time by composing itself on models that arrived in Portugal in famous albums of engravings, in circumstances presented below.
| Translated title of the contribution | To invent the world: The chinoiserie panels of the University of Évora and the decorative cuture around 1750. |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 142-157 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | A Cidade de Évora. Boletim de Cultura da Câmara Municipal de Évora |
| Volume | 3rd Series |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- University of Évora
- decorated tilery
- chinoiserie
- visual culture
- cultural Reception
- cultural representations
