The Saint Ana of Campo Grande: Iconography and motherhood, impact and reception in society.

Abstract

Study on the images of Saint Anne and their use by the Church throughout history, starting from the iconography of Saint Anne as educator present in the Parish of Senhora Sant'Anna in Campo Grande, Rio Grande do Norte. It will be analyzed, through its iconography, five forms of symbolic representation that the three-dimensional image of the saint may present. In this way, it will be understood how the representation of Anne constructed by the Church reflects society and creates an image of motherhood in accordance with the needs of the time and the prevailing social context. The authors who theoretically and methodologically support this iconological and iconographic analysis are: María Beatriz de Mello e Souza, Jadilson Pimentel dos Santos, Luísa Ximenes Santos, and Peter Burke. All of this will be supported regionally by the Santa Ana Festival dossier from Caicó by Iphan, which details the situation in Rio Grande do Norte.