A arte da talha em madeira em Portugal: novas perspectivas

Abstract

Based on several examples or case studies, we propose a comprehensive approach to wood as a support for artistic creation, focusing on woodcarving. Woodcarving is one of the most widespread expressions in Portugal, associated with design and architecture, part of the integrated heritage or as mobile heritage, and is a repository of a vast body of knowledge, practices and interpretations that have led to various research trajectories, particularly at the Department of Heritage Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto. In this sense, we intend to draw attention to the need for inter and multidisciplinary studies on wood as a raw material applied to the lining of sacred spaces, to the production of furniture and objects, or to buildings with other uses.