Title: O Sertão :
Authors: Araújo, Emanoel,; Albuquerque, Heloisa Cavalcanti de.; Museu Afro Brasil.
Date: 2012
Publisher: Museu Afro Brasil,
Physical description: 302 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 30 cm
Language: Portuguese
LC classification: F
Abstract: The show has about 800 works, including paintings, sculptures, etchings, ex-votos, clothing, photographs, installations and documents, reproducing the environment in which man lives in the backcountry. It is a multi-media show that also has as a main theme the exploration of mysticism and the rough living circumstance in the backcountry of Brazil.
Contents: O Sertão da caatinga -- Vaqueiros -- Santos e beatos -- Caldeirão de Santa Cruz do Deserto -- Canudos -- Cabras da peste.
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition held at the Museu Afro Brasil from Oct. 20, 2011 through May 2012.
Subject headings (LCSH): Batista, Cícero Romo, 1844-1934.; Batista, Cícero Romão, 1844-1934--Exhibitions.; Brazil, Northeast--History--Exhibitions.; Brazil--History--Canudos Campaign, 1893-1897.; Cowboys--Brazil, Northeast--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.; Lampio, 1900-1938.; Lampião, 1897-1938.; Lampião, 1900-1938.; Outlaws--Brazil, Northeast--Exhibitions.; Priests--Brazil, Northeast--Exhibitions.