Abstract
This work is a book review considering the title Sacred Art: Catholic Saints and Candomblé Gods in Modern Brazil by Henry Glassie and Pravina Shukla.
Highlights
One night in a café in Salvador da Bahia, Henry Glassie and Pravina Shukla were listening to Zéu Lobo sing hymns of praise to Brazil
For ethnographic fieldwork to be feasible—for real individuals with real names, creations, and perspectives not be obscured—cuts had to be made, and their first cut was geographical. They chose to stick to the Northeast where Native, European, and African cultures first blended to become something recognizably Brazilian
With Glassie and Shukla as guides, we walk alongside the faithful in processions and explore first the churches and cathedrals—and later the markets, shops, galleries, and museums—that are home to the sacred art that leads us to their makers
Summary
One night in a café in Salvador da Bahia, Henry Glassie and Pravina Shukla were listening to Zéu Lobo sing hymns of praise to Brazil. This book focuses on the sacred in its European- and African-derived, Catholic and Candomblé varieties, and more often than not, both at the same time in varying proportions.
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