Abstract
Este artigo discute a pintura Olympia de Édouard Manet e a cópia pintada por Guilherme de Santa-Rita, apresentada na exposição da Academia de Belas-Artes, inaugurada em 18 de Março de 1911, entendendo que esse trabalho deve ocupar um lugar significativo na historiografia da arte em Portugal, sobretudo para a história do modernismo português nas artes plásticas. O artigo destaca a recepção dessa cópia apresentada naquela exposição, precisamente no dia anterior à Exposição Livre de 1911. A Olympia de Santa-Rita, hoje lamentavelmente esquecida, questionou a pintura e o género do retrato em Portugal, a sua relação com o corpo logo no início do século, quando não toda a hipocrisia de uma sociedade. Relembrá-la é fundamental para a historiografia da arte do retrato em Portugal.
This article discusses Olympia, the painting by Édouard Manet, and its copy by Guilherme de Santa-Rita presented at the Academia de Belas-Artes exhibition inaugurated the 18th of March, 1911. I believe that Santa-Rita’s painting must occupy a significant place in art historiography in Portugal, namely the history of Portuguese modernism. The article emphasizes the reception of Olympia’s copy presented precisely the day before the 1911 Free Exhibition.
Santa-Rita’s copy, regrettably forgotten nowadays, questioned Portuguese painting and the portrait genre in particular, namely their relation with human body at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the overwhelming hypocrisy of the whole society. To remember this painting is essential for the history of portrait art in Portugal.
This article discusses Olympia, the painting by Édouard Manet, and its copy by Guilherme de Santa-Rita presented at the Academia de Belas-Artes exhibition inaugurated the 18th of March, 1911. I believe that Santa-Rita’s painting must occupy a significant place in art historiography in Portugal, namely the history of Portuguese modernism. The article emphasizes the reception of Olympia’s copy presented precisely the day before the 1911 Free Exhibition.
Santa-Rita’s copy, regrettably forgotten nowadays, questioned Portuguese painting and the portrait genre in particular, namely their relation with human body at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the overwhelming hypocrisy of the whole society. To remember this painting is essential for the history of portrait art in Portugal.
Translated title of the contribution | The ruined portrait and the body that looks at us |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 53-65 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Revista 2i: Estudos De Identidade E Intermedialidade |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | Número especial |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Retrato
- Corpo
- Pintura
- Olympia
- Santa Rita Pintor
- Manet
- Portrait
- Body
- Painting