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The Museum of Art of Rio - MAR, under the management of the Odeon Institute, inaugurates Leopoldina, princess of independence, arts and sciences. To present to the public the life of one of the most important personalities in the process of emancipation in Brazil on the eve of the 200 years of his arrival in Rio, in 5 November 1817, the exhibition brings together approximately 350 pieces - between works of art, iconography, documents, clothing and furniture, plus botany items, zoology and mineralogy. The exhibition is sponsored by Petrobras and the State Department of Culture via the State Cultural Incentive Law, o Itaú as co-sponsor, beyond BNDES, of Granado and Andritz Group as supporters of the show.
For the first time, a show takes over the walkway that connects the Escola do Olhar to the Exhibition Pavilion. The space will be occupied with a narrative chronology of the main facts of the life of Princess Leopoldina, since birth, in 1797, in Austria, until his death in 1826. In this context, the big highlight is the collection of documents, recently acquired by the museum, about the Vienna Congress that, carried out in 1815, reorganized the powers of the continent, then fragmented by wars and revolutions. The visitor will also understand that the wedding itself - initially performed at a distance, via proxy - it was a strategy widely used by the Western European country and was part of this attempt to review European hegemonic powers, expanding diplomatic relations between Portugal and Austria.
The arrival of the Princess opened the doors of the Americas in both commercial, cultural and social terms. The exhibition is an ambiance with period furniture, that could have been used at the São Cristóvão Palace, as well as objects that were actually part of the layette, as crockery pieces with the couple's monogram. Completing this atmosphere will be left to the visitor, that you can use interactive screens to choose music from the period. The life of D. Leopoldina in the city will also be presented through letters that reveal her loneliness - heightened by the difficulties of language and the place of women in patriarchal colonial society -, their anxieties and strategies to overcome living conditions in Brazil, aggravated by the strong heat and large amount of insects.
It is worth highlighting the relations of tension and cultural diversity experienced by Leopoldina in his encounter with the social context marked by the enslavement of blacks and indigenous people, question which is dedicated to one of the nuclei of the exhibition.
The role of Princess Leopoldina in the independence process will be evidenced in paintings and documents from the period that demonstrate her strong political articulation. The exhibition recalls the meeting of the Council of Ministers, presided over by her, who decided for the emancipation of Brazil and would end days later with the symbolic act of D. Pedro on the banks of the Ipiranga River, declaring independence. This heroic attribution to the prince regent, who neglects his wife's important role, will be problematized by the exposure.
Lastly, the show takes a look at the legacy and the way its image and trajectory adhered to the country's history. Even with his untimely death, to 29 years and only nine after your arrival here, Leopoldina inspired the name of streets, cities, train stations and even samba schools.
Leopoldina, princess of independence, of arts and sciences is curated by Luis Carlos Antonelli, Paulo Herkenhoff and Solange Godoy, and adjunct curatorship by Pieter Tjabbes. The exhibition will occupy the entire third floor of the institution, which is dedicated to Rio de Janeiro.
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