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Twelve Prophets of Aleijadinho

By Hans Mann, Graciela Mann
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By Hans Mann, Graciela Mann
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They stand on a hilltop in the mountains of Minas Gerais in Brazil-twelve dramatic figures, twelve Old Testament prophets soundlessly crying their warnings to mankind. There they have stood for over two centuries, masterpieces by that strange, unhappy sculptor, Antonio Francisco Lisboa-or, as he is better known, Aleijadinho, "The Little Cripple."

These figures, some mirroring in their faces the calm certainty of their prophesies and some reflecting the desperation of their warnings, have an...

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