Guided Tour — Season 1, Episode 9: Mosteiro de Tibães, Braga

Episode synopsis

The High Altar of the Church of the Monastery of Tibães is one of the most spectacular known examples of rococo carving. From the 18th century, the Golden Age, literally and metaphorically, the Tibães retable raises a question: why did the Order of the Benedictines, committed to the vow of poverty, order this such luxurious piece? What ideas are behind the Baroque style?

About Guided Tour

Guided Tour is a television and radio program about the treasures of the Portuguese cultural heritage. Treasures with recognized universal value, pieces that any western country would be proud to integrate into its heritage, and little known to the Portuguese. From a silver goblet with Mozarabic decoration and a thousand years old to a cloister that is referred to as a masterpiece of European Renaissance, passing through a collection of African art classified as one of the best in the world, the nature of objects, their context geographic location and historical time vary from episode to episode.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Sé de Braga
• E2Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa
• E3Museu Machado de Castro e Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra
• E4Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães
• E5Museu Grão Vasco, Viseu
• E7Convento de Cristo, Tomar
• E8Convento da Madre de Deus, Lisboa
• E10Universidade de Coimbra
• E11Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea-Museu do Chiado, Lisboa
• E12Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa
• E13Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto