Abstract:
The book is an iconographic essay on the blindness of Justice. The first book on this topic in Portuguese. From a dialogue between Law and Art, 27 images of paintings, sculptures and engravings of the Goddess of Justice are analyzed in order to make a history of the artistic representation of Lady Justice over the centuries.
Table of Contents:
Obiter Dicta
1. Introduction: Seeing, Speaking, Silencing and Saying
2. Jus e(s)t Ars: From the Symbolic of Law to Legal Visuality
3. Eyes and Eyeblack on the Iconography of Justice
4. Conclusion: Thinking on Art and Feeling Law
5. References
6. Iconographic Appendix