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Number Art déco in Brazil

11 articles in this issue 

Günter Weimer

After the political opening-up in the aftermath of the dictatorship, during which our country’s traditional architecture journals had disappeared, an intense revision of architectural concepts took place. Along with it came an extensive coining of neologi... see more

 

Telma de Barros Correia

Nothing characterized the landscape of the majority of Brazilian towns and cities in the 1930s and 1940s more than Art Déco trends in architecture. The style then went on to establish itself as an expression of modernity which was accessible to different ... see more

 

Genilda Alexandria

The images which follow are an invitation to journey along an asymmetric route, a passage through spaces built in a visual narrative of outstanding geometry. At times one is tempted to pause in front of the photograph and follow its straight lines and cur... see more

 

Marcio Alves Roiter

Marajó in the Brazilian Amazon, the world’s largest fluvio-marine island, had already undergone several phases of development before the arrival of the Portuguese colonizers. The Marajoara phase, considered the most significant, stretching from 400 to 135... see more

 

Lia Monica Rossi

Art Déco Sertanejo: the baptism But why sertanejo? The term sertão (backwoods, hinterland), a Brazilian northeastern geographic region, neighboring the Agreste and Cariri, comes from the colonial Portuguese word desertão (big desert), meaning a region whi... see more

 

Marcus Vinicius Dantas de Queiroz

Jackson do Pandeiro’s memories of childhood and youth, a recurring theme in his musical world, evoke sounds of the coconut instrumentalists at the Campina Grande Market, the smells of the wares on display, the songs of the casinos, the accents of a city w... see more

 

Marcelo Saldanha Sutil

Modernity was the watchword for people who lived through the 1920s and 30s. In itself, the word conjures up the meanings of things ranging from technological innovations to postwar years. It included speed, the automobile, the gramophone, radio, and even ... see more

 

Aline de Figueirôa Silva

Art Déco is being (re)visited by the historiography of Brazilian architecture and there is still space for unknown, distinguished members, the rich and poor cousins of a large family scattered throughout Brazil. With each new survey, and each new publicat... see more

 

Wolney Unes

The decision about what to preserve is an active choice. The heritage, facts or people which are chosen will live on, rescued from the darkness of oblivion. It is the quest for eternal life. Every day we must decide what to preserve, what heritage we want... see more