Igreja Nossa Senhora da Consolação by Maximilian Emil Hehl (1891-1916): eclecticism in paulistana sacred architecture with a predominance of Romanesque Revival architecture

Abstract

This article presents the recent literature about the church Nossa Senhora da Consolação, considered through the prism of the study of sacred art. After a historical overview about the neighborhood and the ancient temple of Consolation, will be highlighted some most relevant artistic aspects of architecture and works of art gathered in the sacred building, designed by German engineer Maximilian Emil Hehl (1861-1916), whose inspiration reports to the formal and stylistic features of Romanesque architecture as well as the influences of eclecticism with a predominance of Romanesque Revival architecture and Gothic Revival in São Paulo in the early twentieth century.