There was not a heart that was not stuck in the most mismatched feelings

Humaitá Passage, national projects and war representations

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss how the practice of war can be consonant with a discourse that emphasizes the need for civilization. Thus, from the Kantian reflections, we reached an aesthetic conception that would end up influencing the romantic movement throughout the nineteenth century. Such notions reverberate in the Brazilian Empire, albeit indirectly, thanks to the circulation of ideas and people. In the last section of this article, we focus on the work A Passage of Humaitá, painted by Edoardo De Martino.