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Brazilian painting, or visual arts, emerged in the late 16th century, influenced by the Baroque style imported from Portugal.Until the beginning of the 19th century, that style was the dominant school of painting in Brazil, flourishing across the whole of the settled territories, mainly along the coast but also in important inland centers like Minas Gerais.
The oldest known art in Brazil is the cave paintings in Serra da Capivara National Park in the state of Piauí, [1] dating back to c. 13,000 BC. More recent examples have been found in Minas Gerais and Goiás, showing geometric patterns and animal forms. [2]
Brazilian Romantic painting was the leading artistic expression in Brazil during the latter half of the 19th century, coinciding with the Second Reign. It represented a unique evolution of the Romantic movement ; it diverged significantly from its European counterpart and even the parallel Romantic movement in Brazilian literature .
Two famous figures appeared at the culmination of the Baroque in Brazil, both in the cultural and economic center of Minas Gerais: Aleijadinho (Antônio Francisco Lisboa) in architecture and sculpture, and Master Ataíde (Manoel da Costa Ataíde) in painting. They epitomized an art movement that had managed to mature and adapt to the ...
The large size of the painting, 2.70 by 3.57 meters, [6] is a common characteristic of historical paintings, the genre to which The First Mass in Brazil belongs. [7] The painting represents the first mass celebrated in Brazil based on the travel accounts of Pero Vaz de Caminha.
Tarsila do Amaral was born in Capivari, [4] [5] a small town in the countryside of the state of São Paulo.She was born to a wealthy family of farmers and landowners who grew coffee, two years before the end of slavery in Brazil. [6]
The painting is the fruit of a moment of post-emancipation, [4] marked by the adhesion of racialism in the public sphere and the "necessity" of actions in relation to the destiny of the black and mixed population in the free and republican order. [5] The painting alludes to the first book of the Bible, Genesis, Chapter 9.
His early years are obscure and the few sources provide conflicting information. [1] Victor Meirelles de Lima was the son of Portuguese immigrant Antônio Meirelles de Lima and Brazilian Maria da Conceição dos Prazeres, merchants who lived with limited economic resources in the city of Nossa Senhora do Desterro (now Florianópolis). [2]