Exhibition Catalog "Relics? The Reliquiarum Project" - Volume 2

The catalog of the temporary exhibition “relics? the reliquiarum project” conceptually presents us with a project: the reliquiarum. This was, therefore, an exhibition of questions, reflection, and the latent doubt when starting a research project. What are relics and what are they for? And the reliquaries, containers, or works of art? Why are there so many typologies? The visual impact of the materiality of the relic; the importance of documentation and the creation of a portal; the emotional and devotional bond that relics generate in populations, the festivities, but also whether these same devotions endure in the future, and in what way…

General Coordination: Maria Margarida Montenegro
Executive Coordination: Teresa de Freitas Morna

Coordination of the reliquiarum project: António Camões Gouveia
Curatorship: reliquiarum team António Camões Gouveia, Carlota Cyrne Manoel, Gonçalo de Carvalho Amaro, João Miguel Simões, Maria Eduarda Napoleão, Maria do Carmo Lino, Maria João Pacheco Ferreira, Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço, Silvia Linhares de Freitas Pereira, and Teresa de Freitas Morna

Text Authors: António Camões Gouveia, Gonçalo de Carvalho Amaro, João Miguel Simões, Maria João Pacheco Ferreira, Teresa de Freitas Morna

Translation: Multilingual Europe
Graphic Design: Luis Chimeno Garrido

Year of publication: September, 2022
Publisher: Editorial Center | Culture Directorate of SCML
ISBN: 9789899021655