Show Navigation
Cart Lightbox Client Area
1 of 1

Igreja de Sao Francisco / Sao Francisco Church

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download

Interior da Igreja de Sao Francisco em Salvador. Interior - paredes, colunas, teto, capelas - revestidas de entalhes e douraduras, com floroes, frisos, arcos, volutas e figuras de anjos.Considerada uma das mais significativas expressoes do barroco no Brasil. / Sao Francisco Church inside, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The most important characteristic of the church is its exuberant inner decoration, mostly executed in the first half of the 18th century. All surfaces inside - walls, pillars, vaults and ceilings - are covered by golden sculptered gilt woodwork and paintings. The decoration of the church is considered one of the most complete and imposing in Portuguese-Brazilian Baroque gilt woodwork art (talha dourada), being a perfect example of the "golden church" (igreja dourada).

Filename
53CD04_0138.jpg
Copyright
Cesar Duarte/Argosfoto
Image Size
4288x2848 / 5.7MB
www.argosfoto.com.br
Contained in galleries
Interior da Igreja de Sao Francisco em Salvador. Interior - paredes, colunas, teto, capelas - revestidas de entalhes e douraduras, com floroes, frisos, arcos, volutas e figuras de anjos.Considerada uma das mais significativas expressoes do barroco no Brasil. / Sao Francisco Church inside, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The most important characteristic of the church is its exuberant inner decoration, mostly executed in the first half of the 18th century. All surfaces inside - walls, pillars, vaults and ceilings - are covered by golden sculptered gilt woodwork and paintings. The decoration of the church is considered one of the most complete and imposing in Portuguese-Brazilian Baroque gilt woodwork art (talha dourada), being a perfect example of the "golden church" (igreja dourada).