SKETCHING THE SOUTH, A VISUAL ESSAY: ESBOÇANDO O SUL, UM ENSAIO VISUAL

The article presents the author’s perspective on several Souths perceived by his own observation sketches. Therefore this proposition for an article is more of a visual essay and is based in 35 images. The ‘South’ is conceptualized in historical and contemporary issues related with architecture and art. It is argued that the exercise of sketching the environment with no apparent purpose is in fact creating the basis for visual essays that help to position an author in a psychological, geographical, historical position. The visual essay is also the way to convey that position for the others interpretations. From Americo Vespucci Mundus Novus and Thomas More a link between Epicureanism and Stoicism and different visions of South is established.