Bordallo Pinheiro

«We sailed past the great Island of Madeira, Which being so arboreal, is named thus; The first that was populated by us, More celebrated for its name than for fame. But, although at the end of the world Still Venus loved her so; And had she been hers, forgotten would be Cyprus, Cnidus, Paphos, and Kythira». Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas. Canto V, Verse 5 (1st Edition: 1572) The universe of an artist is always character- ised by aesthetic and territorial references. This applies to Nini Andrade Silva,