A arte de Antônio Teles, escravo e mestre pintor setecentista, no Mosteiro de São Bento do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Heir of Jewish culture, in which is the Word Revelation, Christian spirituality, not without hesitation, adopetd and developed images, as catechetic instruments. ln this context, this paper analyzes the work of eighteenth-century slave master painter, starting with an overview of the Benedictine Order, limiting, gradually, the matter until the artist's work, but without forgetting its context, which is spirituality Benedictine lived in the Benedictine Congregation of Brazil. Despite the historical record of the performance of Antonio Teles in 16 polychrome on wood sculptures, performed by other artists throughout the eighteenth century, for the ornamentation of Abbey Church Our Lady of Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro, this culminates with the iconographic analysis two pen design drawings, signed by the slave master painter.