1. Nation Report Part 2: Brazilian Art By: Michael Wittman

3. In 1816 the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts was formed and this started a revolution in art style for Brazil.

4. The dominant style in the early 19th century was Baroque, a form of European realism.

6. After Emperor Peter II took over he encouraged paintings that symbolized national identity.

7. Mid 1800’s paintings showed in interest in death similar to European paintings.

8. Slavery was never illustrated in any Brazilian paintings.

10. This was started by the artists Malfatti and Amaraland showcases new styles of art.

11. In the 1950’s abstractionism became the popular style.

12. This style uses an artist’s references of an object that they remember and then paint that object according to them.