| Ham's Redemption | |
|---|---|
| Portuguese: A Redenção de Cam | |
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| Artist | Modesto Brocos |
| Year | 1895 |
| Medium | Oil on poplar panel |
| Subject | Branqueamento |
| Dimensions | 199 cm × 166 cm (78 in × 65 in) |
| Location | Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro |
Ham's Redemption, in Portuguese: A Redenção de Cam; is an oil painting made by painter Modesto Brocos in 1895. Brocos completed the work while teaching at the National School of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro.[1]
The piece deals with the controversial racial theories of the late nineteenth century, and the phenomenon of the search for the gradual "branqueamento" of the generations of the same family through miscegenation.[2]
The work earned Modesto Brocos y Gómez a gold medal at the National Salon of Fine Arts in 1895, and is an example of the direction Brazilian art took in the late nineteenth century.[3]
- ^ VASCONCELOS, Flávia Maria. "Sobre pinoquismos como estética e política e a síndrome do vira-lata criativo desde a educação em artes visuais". UNIVASF. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ SANTOS, Ana Paula Medeiros Teixeira. "Tranças, Turbantes e Empoderamento de Mulheres Negras: Artefatos de Moda como Tecnologias de Gênero e Raça no Evento Afrochic" (PDF). UFTPR. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ ENCICLOPÉDIA Itaú Cultural. "A Redenção de Cam". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. Retrieved 23 October 2018.