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Aleijadinho, a Common card
Antônio Francisco Lisboa, better known as Aleijadinho, was a sculptor, carver and architect of Colonial Brazil, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 182
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 182 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Aleijadinho quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Aleijadinho card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The main documentary source on Aleijadinho is a ______ note written only about forty years after his death.
Answer
biographical. The main documentary source on Aleijadinho is a biographical note written only about forty years after his death. From the Aleijadinho article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 26,000 · Brian Bolland 20,000 · Aleijadinho 12,000 · Leevi Madetoja 5,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- With a style related to Baroque and Rococo, Aleijadinho is considered almost by consensus as the greatest exponent of colonial art in Brazil by Brazilian critics and, surpassing Brazilian borders, for some foreign scholars he is the greatest name of Baroque in the Americas.
- Little is known with certainty about his biography, which remains shrouded in legend and controversy to this day, making the research work on his life very arduous.
- The main documentary source on Aleijadinho is a biographical note written only about forty years after his death.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Aleijadinho article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Aleijadinho
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Aleijadinho (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Euclásio Ventura, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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