Francisco Vieira Junior (1765-1805) was a painter, and also an academic teacher, who became a fundamental pivot of the arrival of Neoclassicism to Portugal. Its progressive and selected training path, internationally determined (Italy, Germany, England), was soon followed by a large and applauded professional practice. Versatile in many genres, he devoted himself more to the study of Nature and History, cultiva...
Between 1964 and 1972, Robert Chester Smith published five studies on painted Portuguese woodcarvings, including an attentive look at this art form in Brazil, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. Further references confirm the interest and decisive contribution of the North American historian on this matter, which has not been properly recognized yet. The overriding aim is to highlight how his approach ...
In this case study we aim to document the long persistence of traditional vectors in art training and production. With biographical and micro-historical methodologies, we reconstruct the closing in of the art milieu and the significant influence of family-based ties, both in economic terms and in those of the equally important image management, as witnessed in Porto between the end of the 18th century and 1836,...
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