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The subject is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that enveloped the city of Pompeii in volcanic ash, killing most of its inhabitants. As a scene from the ancient world it was an appropriate subject for a history painting, then regarded as the highest genre of painting, and the magnitude of the event also made it suitable for a large canvas that would allow Bryullov to showcase all his ...
Letícia Parente (1930–1991), video artist; Regina Parra (born 1981), contemporary artist; Rosana Paulino (born 1967), visual artist, educator and curator; Marianne Peretti (born 1927), French-Brazilian sculptor, muralist and stained glass artist; Wanda Pimentel (1943–2019), painter; Luiza Prado (born 1988), multidisciplinary artist
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Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...
Brígida Baltar (c. 1959–2022), video artist, performance artist, installation artist, draftsperson, and sculptor; Artur Barrio (born 1945), conceptual artist, performance artist, installation artist; Moysés Baumstein (1931–1991), painter, filmmaker, and holographer; Adriana Bertini, sculptor of dresses from quality-test rejected condoms
The first Western artists active in Brazil were Roman Catholic priests who came from Portugal to "civilize" the Indians. Jesuits assumed an important role in this process, with their many missionary establishments called "Reductions" teaching religion through art in the form of sacred plays, music, statuary, and painting.
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.
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