Question
Master Ataíde (at-ay-EE-day) decorated several religious sculptures by an artist from this modern-day country who, according to legend, tied chisels to his hands after losing his fingers to disease. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country, whose other Christian sculptures include the statue of Christ the Redeemer that overlooks one of its cities.
ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil or Federative Republic of Brazil or República Federativa do Brasil]
[10h] Although historians like Augusto de Lima claim he didn’t exist, this aforementioned Brazilian sculptor is best known for his sculpture of the Twelve Prophets at the Sanctuary of Congonhas (con-GON-yas) in Ouro Preto.
ANSWER: Aleijadinho (“AL-ay-jad-JHEEN-o”) [or Antonio Francisco Lisboa]
[10m] Aleijadinho's sculpture of the Twelve Prophets is carved from this kind of stone, also used for the exterior of Christ the Redeemer. Eight statues of birds found at Great Zimbabwe were carved from this type of stone.
ANSWER: soapstone [or steatite]
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