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SMITH (Robert C.). FREI JOSÉ de Santo António Ferreira Vilaça: Escultor Beneditino do século XVIII. Lisboa. 1972. - SMITH (Robert C.) FREI JOSÉ de Santo António Ferreira Vilaça: Escultor Beneditino do século XVIII . Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1972. 2 v.: il.; 310 mm. This monographic study is dedicated to Friar José de Santo António Ferreira Vilaça (1731-1809), a Benedictine sculptor from Minho and one of the central figures of Portuguese Baroque and Rococo woodcarving of the 18th century. The work reconstructs and attributes to the artist a vast body of work executed for his own Monastery of Tibães and for other Benedictine houses and regional clients, notably including interventions in the Church of Santa Maria de Pombeiro, the Misericórdia of Amarante, the Monastery of S. Bento of Santo Tirso, and the Monastery of Santa Marinha da Costa, in Guimarães. Published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1972, in two profusely illustrated volumes, it is the foundational study on the artist, systematizing for the first time the archival documentation and stylistic analysis that allowed the establishment of his catalogue of works. It remains an indispensable reference work for the study of 18th-century Minho religious woodcarving and sculpture. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate