| Description |
xiii, 253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Revolutions -- Vargas, Le Corbusier, and reinforced concrete -- Pt. II. The Heroic Period -- 2. The Ministry of Education and Health Building -- 3. The Brazilian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair 1939 -- 4. 'A whole new school' -- Pt. III. The Museum and the war -- 5. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and architecture -- 6. 'America for the Americans' -- 7. 'the MUSEUM and the WAR' -- Pt. IV. The exhibition and the book -- 8. The planning of the exhibition 'Brazil Builds' -- 9. The 'Brazil Builds' exhibition -- 10. Brazil Builds: architecture new and old 1652-1942 -- Pt. V. The 'Brazilian Style' -- 11. Brazil Builds and the press -- 12. The 'Brazilian Style' observed -- 13. Le Corbusier and the 'Brazilian Style' -- 14. Construcao Brasileira: the 'Brazilian Style' in Brazil |
| Summary |
"Brazil Built is an examination of the architecture of the Modern Movement in Brazil. In the 1940s and 1950s, Brazil acquired unprecedented prestige in the world of Modern Architecture. Brazil was regarded as the country which had inherited the progressive Modernism of the pre-war period in Europe, and which, furthermore, had initiated a new phase of the assimilation of cultural and environmental considerations. The major buildings - the Ministry of Education, the Brazilian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair 1939, the Brazilian Press Association, Santos Dumont Airport, the Pampulha complex - became widely known and highly influential, launched by the exhibition 'Brazil Builds' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1943 and the publications of Brazil Builds." |
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"The book constitutes a unique presentation of the major Modern buildings in Brazil in their historical context. Prompted by the contemporary revaluation of Modernism and the renewed interest in Brazil, this book examines how the buildings came into being, how they came to be so highly regarded, and the changing reactions to them in Brazil and abroad."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Revised Ph.D. thesis-University of East Anglia, 1992 |
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Revised Ph.D. thesis-University of East Anglia, 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Brazil.
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Architecture -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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Modern movement (Architecture) -- Brazil.
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| LC no. |
00030082 |
| ISBN |
0415231787 PB |
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0415234077 HB |
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