Culture and Customs of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. juuni 2003 - 195 pages Race, religion, language, culture, and national character are full of contradictions. Brazil, the largest country in South America, embodies so much paradox that it defies neat description. This book will help students and general readers dispel stereotypes of Brazil and begin to understand what country's bigness means in terms of its land, people, history, society, and cultural expressions. |
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... Baroque period is that of the Jesuit Padre Antônio Vieira ( 1608–1697 ) . Although he disliked the rhe- torical excesses of the Spanish Baroque writers , the complexity of imagery and the fondness for antithesis and paradox give his ...
... BAROQUE Once the Dutch were gone , Brazilian art and architecture again reverted to the Portuguese model , which at this point was the Baroque , a style that emphasized curves over straight lines , free ornamentation , and extravagant ...
... Baroque art , both in architecture and in painting . Most of the great painting of the era is found on church ceilings or on ornamental retables . One of the few important manifestations of Baroque art outside the churches were ...
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
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