Heracles and Hermes in São Paulo's urban iconography
Império romano e o Brasil do século XX
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https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2023.v8.20101Keywords:
Heracles/Hercules, Hermes/Mercury, São São Paulo urban iconography, Architecture and urban landscapeAbstract
This article discusses the presence of Heracles/Hercules and Hermes/Mercury, two deities of the ancient Greek and Roman pantheons, in the city of São Paulo in the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on the concept of urban iconography, we look at São Paulo’s particular appropriation of references to the ancient world that had already been developed since modern times. The reception of these gods in the city of São Paulo was based on a complex process that included a web of elements that oriented their cults and representations in antiquity, but also a sophisticated selection of cultural and political aspects from modern Europe and Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries. This complex process included Heracles and Hermes in debates that connected the city of São Paulo to traditional themes, especially those related to the Brazilian reality, such as the concept of republicanism and of political ideology.
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