Via Crucis of Candido Portinari: new perspectives from the Technical Art History

Abstract

This article aims to present the historical-documentary research carried out on the works that make up the Via-Sacra (Way of the Cross) painted by Candido Portinari in 1945 for the Church of Pampulha. The Via Crucis of Candido Portinari belonging to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte was restored by the UFMG Conservation-Restoration Center (CECOR) in 2019. The objective is to associate the data collected with the materiality of the works, the state of conservation and the perception of the valuation of these assets as intrinsic elements to the artistic and architectural ensemble of the Church of Pampulha. Having as methodology the approach proposed by the Technical Art History, pointing out the possible developments that arise from an interdisciplinary investigation. Knowledge from the field of human sciences, natural sciences and conservation restoration, necessary for the investigation of the object in its sociocultural, artistic and material context, were worked on in the interposition of the areas of knowledge, thus contributing to the understanding and conservation of these goods of the world. Brazilian cultural heritage