Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

According to him, these paintings were done in Portuguese studios and “attest to the Italian influence in Brazilian baroque,” in addition to hinting at the Church’s buying power. Pereira identified 56 ...

Given that the 16th-century Villa Auirora's value has been appraised at $533 million by the Italian government—and that its 30,000 square feet include a ceiling mural by Baroque artist ...