Seixas, Raquel2025-02-172025-02-172024978-84-09-64373-8978-956-417-053-4PURE: 110483350PURE UUID: afd672c1-0870-4a6c-b0b0-f008389941a6ORCID: /0000-0003-2776-4644/work/178300364http://hdl.handle.net/10362/179170UIDB/00417/2020 UIDP/00417/2020Até à primeira metade do século XX, a historiografia da arte portuguesa foi fortemente influenciada pelos valores ideológicos nacionalistas e pelas questões da identidade nacional, que procuraram obcessivamente definir o espírito e a essência estética portuguesa. Estas premissas teóricas tiveram consequências imediatas e duradouras na academia portuguesa, silenciando durante largas décadas o património edificado durante o século XVIII no Alentejo (sul de Portugal). O contributo de Robert Chester Smith (1912-1975) para o sedimentar de novas abordagens foi indiscutível, ao permitir dar leitura a edifícios até então negligenciados, através do reconhecimento de dois caminhos complementares: o clássico e o barroco. Until the first half of the 20th century, the historiography of Portuguese art was strongly influenced by nationalist ideological values and issues related to national identity, which relentlessly sought to define the Portuguese spirit and aesthetic essence. These theoretical premises had immediate and enduring consequences in the Portuguese academia, muting for decades the architectural heritage of the 18th century in the Alentejo region (Southern Portugal). The contribution of Robert Chester Smith (1912-1975) to the consolidation of novel approaches was unequivocal, enabling the interpretation of previously overlooked edifices by acknowledging two complementary trajectories: the classical and the baroque.213951298porBarrocoClassicismoHistoriografiaArquiteturaNacionalismoSéc. XVIIIBaroqueClassicismHistoriographyArchitectureNationalism18th Centurybook parthttps://hdl.handle.net/10433/22076https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=9865813