an outdoor stairway decorated with statues of the prophets; and seven chapels illustrating the Stations of the Cross, in which the polychrome sculptures by Aleijadinho are masterpieces of a highly ...

Another epoch in art, the Baroque, took its fullest form when another dynasty of rulers, the House of Vasa, sat on the Polish throne. It lasted until the end of the 17th century, until the death of ...