The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic church in the Brazilian city of Ouro Preto, and an important example of the Rococo tradition in Brazil. It is a listed monument by the National Institute Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN).
Detail of the frontispiece.
Area view of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and surroundings.
Side view.
Aleijadinho
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Antônio Francisco Lisboa, better known as Aleijadinho, was a sculptor, carver and architect of Colonial Brazil, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil. With a style related to Baroque and Rococo, Aleijadinho is considered almost by consensus as the greatest exponent of colonial art in Brazil by Brazilian critics and, surpassing Brazilian borders, for some foreign scholars he is the greatest name of Baroque in the Americas.
View of Ouro Preto, with the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, partly designed by Aleijadinho, in the background
Receipt signed by Aleijadinho when he received payment for the work on the Twelve Prophets
Aleijadinho in Vila Rica, 1898–1904, romantic reconstruction of an imaginary scene in the artist's life, by Henrique Bernardelli. Reproduction in Kósmos magazine of a lost screen
Imaginary portrait of Aleijadinho, by Henrique Bernardelli