Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The laudatory Ode was composed by the Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro to commemorate the unveiling of his masterpiece, the equestrian statue of King D. José I (1775, Lisbon). Although Machado de Castro remains a prominent and even iconic figure in the history of Portuguese art, this text has been largely overlooked by scholars. This article analyzes the Ode as both a performative utterance and a form of ekphrasis, intended to guide the reader through different layers of "hidden meaning" embedded in the royal monument through its verbal description.
Author: Olga Rusinova
Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4412455689