Via-Sacra de Candido Portinari: novos olhares a partir da História da Arte Técnica

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the historical-documental research carried out on the Way of the Cross painted by Candido Portinari in 1945 for the Church of Saint Francis of Assis. Portinari’s Way of the Cross belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and was restored in 2019 by the Center for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (CECOR) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The aim is to associate the data collected with the materiality of the works, their state of conservation and the perception of the valorization of these assets as intrinsic elements to the artistic and architectural complex of the Church of Saint Francis of Assis. The approach suggested by Technical Art History was adopted as a methodology, pointing out the possible developments that arise from interdisciplinary research. Knowledge from several fields (Human Sciences, Natural Sciences, Conservation and Restoration) was used to approach the object in its sociocultural, artistic and material contexts. The interposition of knowledge fields thus contributed to the understanding and conservation of these assets of the Brazilian cultural heritage.