A ARTE DO BRASIL / The art of Brazil

Arte brasileira � j� uma alcunha consagrada. Tal chave interpretativa, se n�o mote declarado de in�meros discursos, tampouco furta amplamente permear em subterr�neo muitas das abordagens. Este texto prop�e explorar, alguma medida, o� parecimento da concep��o e seus desdobramentos nossa tradi��o cr�tico-historiogr�fica.Palavras-chaveArte brasileira. Historiografia arte. Cr�tica arte.�Abstract�Brazilian art is an established concept. As such, the idea ? understood as interpretative key not only a motto explicitly repeated in uncounted speeches, neither it far from being largely permeating many theoretical approaches. This paper explores appearance of Brazilian concept and its consequences our critical-historiographical tradition.Keywords:Brazilian art. Art historiography. criticism.