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Infinite span : 90 years of Brazilian architecture

Title
Infinite span : 90 years of Brazilian architecture / editors, Fernando Serapião, Guilherme Wisink ; translation, Anton Stark, Mário Seabra.
Publication
  • Ennetbaden : Lars Müller Publishers, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Serapião, Fernando, 1971-
  • Wisnik, Guilherme
  • Stark, Anton
  • Seabra, Mário
  • Casa da Arquitectura (Matosinhos, Portugal), host institution.
Description
399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, map, plans, portrait; 28 x 21 cm
Summary
This publication assembles representative projects and works of Brazilian architecture made between 1920 and 2018, among them Oscar Niemeyer, Roberto Burle Marx, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Sérgio Ferro and Lina Bo Bardi. It will propose crosscutting dialogues between the presented projects and highlight the intersections between architecture, music, literature, cinema, and performing arts. The book is structured in six chronological and thematic modules with titles corresponding to outstanding songs of each period. Exhibition: Casa da Arquitectura, Porto, Portugal (28.09.2018-28.04.2019).
Alternative Title
90 years of Brazilian architecture
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Architecture, Brazilian > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Architecture and history > Brazil > Exhibitions
  • Architecture, Brazilian
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at Casa da Arquitectura, Porto, Portugal, September 28, 2018-April 28, 2019.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Architecture, a bridge over the Atlantic -- Infinite span -- Jumping over the backwardness: from Niemeyer to Artigas -- From Guarani to Guaraná -- There's only one base -- My nose against the plateaus -- No time to be afraid: from Artigas to the collectives -- I saw a Brazil on TV -- All of it, not half of it -- Feelings on the soles of their feet -- References notes -- Essays.
Call Number
JQF 19-1481
ISBN
  • 9783037785898
  • 3037785896
OCLC
1077690428
Title
Infinite span : 90 years of Brazilian architecture / editors, Fernando Serapião, Guilherme Wisink ; translation, Anton Stark, Mário Seabra.
Publisher
Ennetbaden : Lars Müller Publishers, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
1st edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Serapião, Fernando, 1971- editor.
Wisnik, Guilherme, editor.
Stark, Anton, translator.
Seabra, Mário, translator.
Casa da Arquitectura (Matosinhos, Portugal), host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 19-1481
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