A noção de patrimônio no Brasil Império

Abstract

This work falls within the field of historical studies on heritage in Brazil, whose origins date back before the foundation of ‘Serviço de Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional’ (SPHAN) in 1937. According to this assumption, was historicized the notion of heritage during the nineteenth century - with emphasis on the context of Brazil Empire - on the premise of being a socially constructed concept. During this stage there were no policies for heritage preservation, before needing to be represented as support of the Brazilian nation. Accordingly, we identified a reflection on the historical monuments present in the rescue of historical memories of the Catholic Church in articles related to colonial art and chronics superimposing their historical-civilizational and artistics values. Finally, the theoretical contribution of this article points to a historical study of heritage at a stage prior to their institutionalization, whoserepresentations anticipated the concept of heritage in force for much of the twentieth century.

Keywords

• history
• heritage
• historical monuments