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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
7. Moema, 1863. Meireles's painting of a Brazilian Indianist literary subject reflects the Nineteeth century academic taste for exotic nudes with "socially redeeming" themes. New World Indian subjects were a staple of European Romanticism, representing the "noble savage" living in a state of primal grace and freedom within a natural paradise. These works influenced Brazilian writers and painters of the time and gave academic sanction to native subjects as proper to "High Art," along with battle scenes, mythological or religious subjects, and portraits of illustrious persons.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1997
Keywords
Brazil: Modern Brazilian Painting
