2.2 El Aleijadinho, Minas Gerais 2.2 O Aleijadinho, Minas Gerais Antônio Francisco Lisboa, conocido como Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as O el Aleijadinho (del portugués el “Lisiadi- Aleijadinho (“the little cripple”), was born to”), nace en Vila Rica (hoy Ouro Preto), in Vila Rica (today Ouro Preto), on 29 Au- el 29 de agosto, no está claro si de 1730 gust in either 1730 or 1738 and died on 18 o 1738 y muere 18 de noviembre de 1814. November 1814. He was a sculptor, vision- Fue escultor, imaginero y arquitecto y está ary and architect and is regarded as the considerado el mayor representante del prime exponent of Baroque in Minas Ge- barroco en Minas Gerais (el barroco mi- rais (known as barroco mineiro) and the neiro) y de las artes plásticas en Brasil, no plastic arts in Brazil, not just in his own ep- solo en su época, sino también durante la och but during the entire colonial period. Colonia. Para varios investigadores, Alei- In the view of many researchers, Aleijad- jadinho es el mayor nombre del Barroco inho is the most important name in Latin latinoamericano. Escultor en la estela de American Baroque. A sculptor in the style Bernini, salpicó la selva de apóstoles gi- of Bernini, he scattered the jungle with gi- gantescos y de capillas e iglesias que el ant apostles and chapels and churches, menino que se nos erigió en guía local in- which the lad who purported to be a lo- sistiría en atribuir a Carlo Brorromini, quizás cal guide insisted on attributing to Carlo sin saber que Carlo se llamaba Francesco Borromini, perhaps without knowing that y el tal Señor Francesco nunca pisó conti- Carlo was called Francesco, and that the nente americano. Mr Francesco in question never set foot on the American continent. 8162t