IFIGÊNIA FROM ABSSÍNIA, DEVOTION OF THE CARMELITES

SCULPTURES AND ICONOGRAPHIC MODELS IN BRAZIL BETWEEN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

Abstract

black," a saint by popular acclamation and devotion of the Carmelites. Her devotional images
in polychrome wood, of various manufacturing techniques and models, produced in Brazil in
the 18th and 19th centuries, were used in the catechesis of people of African descent and
reached their peak during the period of activity of the Rosary Brotherhoods of the Blacks. This
devotion was recorded through oral tradition and in publications from the Middle Ages and
Modern Ages, such as those of Frei José Pereira de Santana. In understanding these sculptures
and a theoretical-practical review, on-site visits and image documentation were carried out. The
research sought to discuss and interpret the relationships between the church, the Iberian
empires, and the African people victimized by slavery and the diaspora, as practiced during that                                                          period. This selected collection of studied Brazilian cultural heritage is shown with grait
expressiveness, historical, material, immaterial, and identity value.