The works of the Church of N. Sra. de Fátima in the genesis of the mural painting in Almada. The primacy of stained glass.

It is in the Church of Nossa Senhora Fátima that Almada Negreiros produces his first stained glass windows. He dedicates himself to this work with immense energy that he transmits to the entire production team. The iconographic options – inscribed in the Church's program outlined by the ecclesiastical consultants – are also a fundamental moment in his career, proposing a personal vision, more popular than erudite, of Catholicism. Some of the themes dealt for the first time will later be transferred to other works, for example the panels at the Gares maritime de Alcântara.

141 / 5 000 Resultados da tradução I will address these issues in my communication, articulating them with the composite and holistic values of Almada Negreiros' aesthetic system.

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Raquel Henriques da Silva She is currently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at NOVA University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH), Executive Coordinator of the Department of Art History and coordinator of the PhD in Art History. She has been supervising several post-doctoral projects and doctoral theses in the History of Contemporary Art, Museology, History of Lisbon's Urbanism and History of Architecture, which correspond to her main areas of research. She is especially recognized for her work in the field of Museum Studies for her previous experience as Director of Museu do Chiado – National Museum of Contemporary Art and Director (1993-1997) of the Instituto Português dos Museus, a public entity that oversees Portuguese museums (1997-1997). 2002). Between 2010 and 2016 she directed the Instituto de História da Arte (IHA / NOVA FCSH) where she now leads the Lisbon Study Group. He has been responsible for establishing partnerships and, therefore, obtaining funding from various institutions such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Millennium bcp Foundation and Turismo de Portugal, IP, which have participated in research projects dedicated to the history of exhibitions or buildings. Portuguese heritage. In addition, she led as Principal Investigator two R&D projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Sources for the History of Art Museums in Portugal [PTDC / EAT-MUS / 101463/2008] and From the sacred city to the secular City. The extinction of religious orders and the dynamics of urban transformation in Lisbon in the 19th century [PTDC / CPC-HAT / 4703/2012]. She has published extensively in national and some international exhibitions, catalogs and books.