Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceStatues of the biblical prophets in the courtyard of the church of Senhor Bom Jesus do Matozinhos in Congonhas, Minas Gerais, carved by the Brazilian baroque master, Antônio Francisco de Lisboa or Aleijadinho (the Little Cripple). His magnificent sculptures and architectural works can be seen in several of the region's colonial towns. The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted the growth of an sophisticated urban society in the interior. A populace of government officials, engineers, architects, businessmen and speculators were able to indulge their fancy, building sumptuous baroque and rococo mansions, churches and convents in the new towns, and attracting in turn painters, poets, musicians and sculpt...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRichly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource40) Details, such as the three angels in the soapstone medallion o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource15) Carved arcade above the entrance to the Nossa Senhora do Carmo...
Statues of the biblical prophets in the courtyard of the church of Senhor Bom Jesus do Matozinhos in...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceInside the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Sabará (MG). Th...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource18) Close view of the colonial organ in the Matriz de Santo Antôni...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceOne of the twelve prophets (Jonab) in the churchyard of the church...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource14) View of the church of São Francisco de Assis. ln the foregroun...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceNestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial t...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource16) View of the church of Bom Jesus do Matozinhos at Congonhas do ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource75) A frontal view of the twelve prophets in front of the church B...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource38) The church of São Francisco stands just a few hundred meters e...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRichly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource40) Details, such as the three angels in the soapstone medallion o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource15) Carved arcade above the entrance to the Nossa Senhora do Carmo...
Statues of the biblical prophets in the courtyard of the church of Senhor Bom Jesus do Matozinhos in...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceInside the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Sabará (MG). Th...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource18) Close view of the colonial organ in the Matriz de Santo Antôni...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceOne of the twelve prophets (Jonab) in the churchyard of the church...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource14) View of the church of São Francisco de Assis. ln the foregroun...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceNestled in the mountains of central Minas Gerais is the colonial t...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource16) View of the church of Bom Jesus do Matozinhos at Congonhas do ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource75) A frontal view of the twelve prophets in front of the church B...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource38) The church of São Francisco stands just a few hundred meters e...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceView of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais with the church of Nossa Senhora ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceVarious colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the S...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource12) Church of Nossa Senhora do ó em Sabará, Minas Gerais. Gold and...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceRichly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource40) Details, such as the three angels in the soapstone medallion o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resource15) Carved arcade above the entrance to the Nossa Senhora do Carmo...