This site has the privilege
of using as the element defining its visual identity the
ceramic tile mural by Candido Portinari, one of Brazil’s
greatest artists, that is part of the exterior of the
Gustavo Capanema Building, the headquarters of the
Ministry of Culture in Rio de Janeiro, completed in
1945.
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Learn more about
Portinari at the site of the Portinari Project. |
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The choice of this
mural, which contains marine life themes, as the site’s
visual identity, is because the hippocampus, an
anatomical structure of the brain that is of great
importance in understanding epilepsy, receives its name
because it resembles a sea horse (scientific name
hippocampus). And the sea horse designed by
Portinari and applied to the mural, besides its esthetic
beauty, accentuates the similarity between the brain
structure and the marine animal.
Authorization to use the mural’s images was given by the
artist’s son, Professor João Candido Portinari, head of
the Portinari Project and also a member of the PUC-Rio
faculty. The research team gratefully acknowledges his
authorization and the confidence it shows in our work. |
