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Professor
Mónica Domínguez Torres (pictured) co-presents a lecture with Art History graduate student
David Amott, "Ouro Preto: Opulence and Splendor," at BACI (The Brazilian American Cultural Institute). "Ouro Preto: Opulence and Splendor" presents a journey through the history and art of Ouro Preto, one of the most important cities of colonial Brazil. Declared in 1980 a World Heritage site by UNESCO, Ouro Preto is home to sumptuous churches, monasteries and civic buildings, erected during the Brazilian gold rush of the 18th century. Many of these monuments were designed and decorated by Antonio Francisco Lisboa, "O Aleijadinho," an idiosyncratic artist of a highly expressive style. With their dramatic, even theatrical interior and exterior decorations, Aleijadinho's works epitomize a unique moment of opulence and splendor in Brazil's history.
Mónica Domínguez Torres is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware, where she also holds a joint appointment in Latin American Studies. She specializes in the arts of colonial Latin America, in particular, in the interaction of indigenous and European visual cultures during the 16th and 17th centuries. She received a B.A. in Fine Art from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, a Master's in Museum Studies and a Ph.D. in the History of Art from the University of Toronto, Canada. She worked as a curator at the National Gallery of Art in Caracas, Venezuela, and wrote the catalogue raisonné for the collections of 17th- and 18th-century painting. In January 2005, Professor Domínguez directed a study abroad program in Brazil, where she lectured on the art and architecture of colonial Brazil. David Amott will co-present this lecture with Professor Domínguez. A Ph.D. student in the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware, David's dissertation project focuses on the interconnections between Church, space and society in colonial Brazil.
Where: BACI (The Brazilian American Cultural Institute), 4179 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. (Tenleytown Metro)
When: Friday, November 2, at 6:30 p.m.
