Arquitectura religiosa barroca em Braga (Minho) : entre a tradição e a modernidade

• Author(s): Rocha, Manuel Joaquim Moreira da
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10216/66421
• Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
• Subject(s): Arquitetura barroca - Braga (Portugal); Arquitetura religiosa - Braga (Portugal)
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Braga city as epicenter: the court’s notion. The archbishops as agents of two powers (spiritual and political). The interaction between religious center and the country's political centre (Braga/Lisbon). Braga’s urban renovation between the 16th and the 18th centuries. Knowledge engagements. The architectural constructions as evidence of cultural profiles. The artists and works in continuing analysis. Continuities and/or ruptures in the art of building. The artistic classifications. Expressions (styles) of Braga religious architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque agents: Braga between tradition and modernity. The centripetal attraction of Braga: Oporto’s artists; local artists; Galician artists. Braga specific issues of religious architecture. Centered plants. The bell-gable towers location. The official legislation and agreements. Spaces, times, fashions and the artistic culture.