A arte do estuque em Portugal

: contributos para um dicionário técnico

Abstract

This research work addresses terminolical issues and the technical processes of stucco in Portugueseterritory.The art of stucco emerged in Portugal in the seventeenth century, imported from Italy, by our artists. Inthe eighteenth century it is revived again through the contact of our plasterers with Italian craftsmenwho came to work in our country.The art of stucco emerged in Portugal in the seventeenth century, imported from Italy, by our artists. Inthe eighteenth century it is revived again through the contact of our plasterers with Italian craftsmenwho came to work to our country.The knowledge and technical expertise imparted are intrinsically associated with the specific stuccoterminology, whose originally Italian terms did not always have equivalent in Portuguese, despite theLatin origin of both languages. Over time, corruption of the original Italian terms and terminologicaldifferences between the northern and southern artisans of the country were naturally emerging.Through interviews with professionals related to the art of stucco, it was possible to eliminate many ofthe existing terminological doubts, in order to clarify: i) the interdisciplinarity of the various craftsmen,ii) the need to know the supports where stucco works are applied in old buildings, iii) the varioustechniques of execution of both white and colored stucco, iv) the various procedures that are essentialfor the execution of this art and, finally, v) the materials and tools.The need to compile in a document the art of stucco materialized in a technical dictionary that allowedestablishing relationships between the various sources and Portuguese bibliography with the interviews.The dictionary with a total of 163 entries is structured in six chapters, namely: Craftsmen, Supports,Procedures, Materials, Tools and Techniques, the last one subdivided into: stucco techniques, coloredstucco techniques and processes auxiliary to techniques. In each chapter, the respective entries areorganized alphabetically, which can be consulted directly through a page index per concept.In the near future, we hope that the dictionary contained in this master's thesis will be published andmade accessible to researchers, practitioners and the general public, with the ambition of having amajor impact on the dissemination, enhancement and preservation of the art of decorative stucco art.

Date of Award	16 Jan 2020
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Eduarda Vieira (Supervisor) & Arlindo Silva (Co-Supervisor)