O material, o visual e o intangível: uma análise da iconografia e da arquitetura da igreja de St Mary e St David de Kilpeck, séc. XII.

Abstract

This dissertation is a continuation of the research to obtain a Bachelor Degree in History, of the UFPel, defended and approved in 2014, titled “Corbels of Kilpeck: The discourse of duality and the iconographic hybridism between Paganism and Christianity in the 12th century”, where the analysis of the elements from the interior of the church (apse) and portal, including the ornamentation of the tympanum, is expanded. In this way, a we found a deeper understanding of the iconographic elements of Kilpeck's architecture, analyzing the internal and external set, which presents us with a more significant view on the constitution of religiosity in this region and the use of iconography in a religious building, taking into account the location and the representations. Through the detailed analysis of the iconography, it is possible to perceive the various “Middle Ages” that constituted the medieval period, divided in several regional contexts, which supplants the idea of a homogenous culture determined by the power of the Church. This analysis intends to emphasize the regional processes of cultural syncretism, starting from the idea of a cultural circularity, where the local populations also had importance for the construction of religious buildings, causing the Church to make concessions to preserve its influence in certain local realities.