Dimensões performativas do retrato judiciário: elaboração, receção – e autonomia retórica

Following a brief introductory presentation of the origins of the judiciary portrait (front/profile) in the nineteenth century, within the wider context of the criminal identification system known as "Bertillonage", the first article section is dedicated to the demonstration of a series of performative features of this kind of photograph, on many levels, and considering recent theories around the notion of performativity. The second part of this article argues that, as a performative construct, the judiciary portrait acquires renowned dimension and relevance, especially by means of transvisuality and ‘remediation’ (Bolter and Grusin, 2000), resulting in its autonomization as a rhetorical model in contemporary media