Brasil! Brasil! : the birth of modernism /
"Brazil! - its own modern visual language. During a visit to the new capital Bras̕lia in 1961, the philosopher Max Bense (teacher from 1953 to 1958 at the Ulm University of Design) saw the modern buildings of L͠cio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1961 as the bulwark of a Western, especially a ratio...
| Uniform Title: | Brasil! Brasil!. |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English, translated from the original German. |
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Bern : London : K̲ln :
Zenrum Paul Klee ; Royal Academy of Arts ; Snoeck,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Brazil! - its own modern visual language. During a visit to the new capital Bras̕lia in 1961, the philosopher Max Bense (teacher from 1953 to 1958 at the Ulm University of Design) saw the modern buildings of L͠cio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1961 as the bulwark of a Western, especially a rationalist, enlightenment manifested. He raved about the idea of this city, which he saw, analogous to a total work of art, like a powerful repository of technical and artistic intelligence that appeared not by chance but as a necessary representation of synthetic forces in a prospective space of civilization. This set the stage for a modern Brazil from a European perspective, especially 16 years after the horrors of the Second World War. However, it had to remain as much of a wishful image as the self-image of a socially just and multi-ethnic Brazil remained. An attempt at this utopia of Brazilian modernism can be seen in the Semana de Arte Moderna 1922 (Week of Modern Art), in which a first generation of artists manifested themselves who are associated with the names Anita Malfatti (1889-1964) or Vicente do Rego Monteiro (1899-1970). The genuinely Brazilian aspect of this modernity, as the writer Oswald de Andrade demanded, should become the role of 'national identity'" -- |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibitions held at the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, September 7, 2024 - January 5, 2025; Royal Academy of Arts, London, January 28 - April 21, 2025. Translation of: Brasil! Brasil! : Aufbruch in die Moderne. |
| Physical Description: | 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302). |
| ISBN: | 9783864424410 3864424410 |