This study is an investigation of the subject matter of eighty Italian cassone paintings of the fifteenth century now located in the United States and answers a four-part question: (1) What were the major themes pictured on cassoni panels during the Quattrocento? (2) Were the themes of cassoni in Quattrocento Italy predominantly of a religious or secular nature? (3) If secular subject matter was dominant in cassone painting, was this a reflection of the newly founded tastes of aristocratic, wealthy and middle classes? (4) Did cassoni mirror the way these classes viewed themselves and the place occupied by women in society?

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T12:52:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO_PABLO DIEGO DE ARAUJO NEVES.pdf: 2411840 bytes, checksum: 2f0f2ef0b65d466bd61fbeb1abb87213 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-30 / This research aims at identifing and analyzing the implications of smartphones usage during the celebration of Holy Mass, in the context where such devices are used directly as interactivity tools among the faithfuls and the liturgy celebration, seeking to expand the multimediatic possibilities of these devices within the religious practice of its members. For this we used the application Católico Orante developed for this purpose, in order to provide the experience of use of such devices in this particular context. The literature review presents both the media interactivity context of the catholic faithfuls with the celebration of Mass, as well as the theoretical basis related to the Mobile Interaction Device quoted above, correlating still with the reality of the applications with Catholic religious themes. The methodology used was the method of Case Study, from the approach of User Experience (UX), with the group of young people Javé Nessi from the Igreja Menino Jesus de Praga, in Sao Luís do Maranhão, from which elaborated a study report, where the results obtained in the research were presented. It was found that the use of smartphones in this context still has been limited to usability issues and rejected by cultural barriers within the community, although the positive assessments of the user experience have been more frequent. / A presente pesquisa visa identificar e analisar as implicações decorrentes do uso de smartphones durante a celebração da Santa Missa, no contexto onde tais dispositivos são utilizados diretamente como ferramentas de interatividade entre os fiéis e a liturgia da celebração, buscando expandir as possibilidades multimidiáticas desses dispositivos dentro da prática religiosa de seus usuários. Para tal, utilizou-se o aplicativo Católico Orante, desenvolvido para este fim, como forma de proporcionar a experiência de uso de tais dispositivos nesse contexto específico. A revisão da literatura apresenta tanto o contexto de interatividade midiática dos fiéis católicos com a celebração da Santa Missa quanto o embasamento teórico relacionado ao Dispositivo de Interação Móvel supracitado, correlacionando ainda com a realidade dos aplicativos de temática religiosa católica. Como metodologia, utilizou-se a modalidade de Estudo de Caso, a partir da abordagem da Experiência do Usuário (UX), junto ao grupo de jovens Javé Nessi, da Igreja Menino Jesus de Praga, em São Luis do Maranhão, a partir do qual elaborou-se um relatório do estudo, onde foram apresentados os resultados obtidos na pesquisa. Verificou-se que o uso de smartphones nesse contexto ainda apresenta-se limitado à problemas de usabilidade e rejeitado por entraves culturais existentes dentro da comunidade, ainda que as avaliações positivas quanto à experiência dos usuários tenham sido mais frequentes.