Sobrescritos barrocos : a composição estética de documentos da Capitania de Goiás - século XVIII

Abstract

This research approaches the aesthetic composition of books of religious brotherhoods and administrative documents produced in the captaincy of Goias in the eighteenth century, which have calligraphic ornaments, illuminations and illustrations. The sources selection delimited three commitments of brotherhoods of Arraial of Cocal, north region of the captaincy, and a commitment of Vila Boa, administrative seat of the government. From the official manuscripts, extracted from the Overseas Archive, there are yield maps concerning the period of the first three General Captains, after the detachment between Goiás and São Paulo. The theoretical foundation on the aesthetic category is justified by the fact that these writings are considered as representations of the processes of cultural translation of a project of civilization orchestrated by the Portuguese Empire to the circumstances of the territory, Cerrado. This historical-cultural perspective aims at exposing aspects of the Old Regime and Western writing, of baroque expressions included in the materiality of the texts, and the sensitivity of the contexts belonging to the colonial society of Goiás. The historiographical panorama deals with the relations of interethnic conflicts, problems in the implantation of regal schools, and social and religious practices, for example, the urban organization of the towns and the Catholic Church. In this research, we applied conceptual instruments related to Baroque, by Walter Benjamin, on allegory and image-writing, and, by Vilém Flusser, on authenticity in cultural translations. For the sociological aspect, we applied the concepts of Gilberto Freyre on orientalism and sadism in the Brazilian formation; of Norbet Elias on self- control in court societies; and of Sérgio Buarque on ideal types. These authors solidify the hypothetical structure of research on this society, which prevailed by manifestations of immediate thought, courage, and fear, to the detriment of abstract thoughts, erudition, and calligraphy.