Brazilian modernist photography (1939-1964)
Marcella Marer, Héloise Costa
ISBN : 9782365114394
Description
In the 1940s, Brazil was undergoing a major transformation:
It was modernising, increasing international trade, attracting large numbers of European emigrants and inspiring dreams. Witnesses to this revolution were the artists of the modernist movement, including photographers whose images tell the story of Brazil's entry onto the cosmopolitan art scene.
En savoir plusIt was modernising, increasing international trade, attracting large numbers of European emigrants and inspiring dreams. Witnesses to this revolution were the artists of the modernist movement, including photographers whose images tell the story of Brazil's entry onto the cosmopolitan art scene.
In the wake of Oscar Niemeyer's architecture, his vision of the modern city, the Novo cinema and Bossa Nova, five figures helped to create a new kind of photography: Geraldo de Barros, German Lorca, Gertrudes Altschul, José Oiticica Filho and Thomaz Farkas. Seizing on the political, social and aesthetic potential of photography, they introduced new subjects: modernist architecture and its supple lines, botanical motifs with contrasting light and shadow, inventive experiments and perspective games tinged with a tas
Description
In the 1940s, Brazil was undergoing a major transformation:
It was modernising, increasing international trade, attracting large numbers of European emigrants and inspiring dreams. Witnesses to this revolution were the artists of the modernist movement, including photographers whose images tell the story of Brazil's entry onto the cosmopolitan art scene.
It was modernising, increasing international trade, attracting large numbers of European emigrants and inspiring dreams. Witnesses to this revolution were the artists of the modernist movement, including photographers whose images tell the story of Brazil's entry onto the cosmopolitan art scene.
In the wake of Oscar Niemeyer's architecture, his vision of the modern city, the Novo cinema and Bossa Nova, five figures helped to create a new kind of photography: Geraldo de Barros, German Lorca, Gertrudes Altschul, José Oiticica Filho and Thomaz Farkas. Seizing on the political, social and aesthetic potential of photography, they introduced new subjects: modernist architecture and its supple lines, botanical motifs with contrasting light and shadow, inventive experiments and perspective games tinged with a tas
Caractéristiques
- Forme de produitLivre broché / livre de poche broché
- Marque EditorialeXAVIER BARRAL
- Livre de pocheOui
- Date de publication03 juillet 2025
- DistributeurINTERFORUM EDITIS
- AudienceTous publics
