Caetano José Ribeiro Junior: o artista de obras sacras e sua memória.

Abstract

Caetano José Ribeiro Junior (1824-1894) was born and died in the city of São José do Norte. Recognized as image-maker, he has five sacred works identified so far, divided between the cities of Rio Grande and São José do Norte. The images of Senhor dos Passos and Nossa Senhora das Dores are located in São José do Norte. Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Cristo na cruz and Cristo morto are located in the city of Rio Grande. All works are in wood and two of them have features of dressing images and are also articulated. This paper aims to bring the memory of the works of Caetano to his personal history, to present the collection of the artist and to know the importance on family reports and generational memory. To make it happen a survey on existing works was carried out and the narratives of relatives were studied. Brazilian art, devotional imagery in Brazil, memory, identity and generational memory are themes that guide this research. Oral history is important since there is no record of the artist's own hand, either written work about his biography or his works.