Question

2. Scan the text and find the following information. Use your notebook to write it down

a) The style of art which Aleijadinho excelled at.

b) Aleijadinho's parents.

c) Aleijadinho's education.

d) Two of Antônio Francisco Lisboa's occupations, besides being an artisan.

e) Consequence of a disease he suffered from.

f) The manner he used to continue working, despite his disability.

g) The source of knowledge of European baroque he had acquired.

h) Churches where Aleijadinho's works of art can be seen.

i) Specific works of art by Aleijadinho that can be seen there.

j) The time Antônio Francisco Lisboa lived in.

Answer 1

Resposta:

2. Scan the text and find the following information. Use your notebook to write it down.

a) The style of art which Aleijadinho excelled at.

Resposta: Baroque.

b) Aleijadinho's parents.

Resposta: His father was a Portuguese craftsman, his mother was a black slave woman.

c) Aleijadinho's education.

Resposta: He was uneducated. He didn't have an education.

d) Two of Antônio Francisco Lisboa's occupations, besides being an artisan.

Resposta: He was a sculptor and an architect.

e) Consequence of a disease he suffered from.

Resposta: His hands were paralyzed.

f) The manner he used to continue working, despite his disability.

Resposta: By strapping a hammer and chisel to his wrists.

g) The source of knowledge of European baroque he had acquired.

Resposta: He learned it from books and missionaries.

h) Churches where Aleijadinho's works of art can be seen.

Resposta: The churches at Ouro Preto and Congonhas do Campo, in eastern Minas Gerais.

i) Specific works of art by Aleijadinho that can be seen there.

Resposta: The 12 soapstone figures of the Old Testament Prophets and the 66 woodcarvings of the Stations of the Cross.

j) The time Antônio Francisco Lisboa lived in.

Resposta: From the 1730s to 1814.