Architecture of Brazil, 1900-1990 / Hugo Segawa / [translated from the Portuguese by Denilson Amade Souza].

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Segawa, Hugo M.

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Architecture of Brazil, 1900-1990 / Hugo Segawa / [translated from the Portuguese by Denilson Amade Souza].

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xiii, 266 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Arquiteturas no Brasil, 1900-1990. 3rd ed. São Paulo, Brasil : Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256) and index.
Brazil under urbanization, 1862-1945 -- From anticolonial to neocolonial style : the search for some modernity, 1880-1926 -- Programmatic modernism, 1917-1932 -- Pragmatic modernity, 1922-1943 -- Current modernity, 1929-1945 -- The affirmation of a school, 1943-1960 -- The affirmation of a hegemony, 1945-1970 -- Episodes of a great and modern Brazil, 1950-1980 -- Disarticulation and re-articulation? 1980-1990.
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Architecture℗ of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book. Accordingly, the author does not give overall preference to particular architects nor works, with the exception of a few specific works and architects, including℗ Warchavchik, Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, and Vilanova Artigas. In summary, this book: Meticulously examines the controversies, achievements, and failures in constructing spaces, buildings, and cities in a dynamic country Gives a broad view of Brazilian architecture in the twentieth century Proposes a reinterpretation of the varied approaches of the modern movement up to the Second World War Analyzes ideological impacts of important Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa and Vilanova Artigas Discusses work of expatriate architects in Brazil Features over 140 illustrations In Architecture℗ of Brazil: 1900-1990, Segawa brings to the reader an understanding of this important period of architectural history based on his emphasis on processes, allowing the reader to see in-context the leading figures and achievements.

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ISBN:

9781461454304
1461454301
9781461454311 (eBook)
146145431X
9781461454311

Subject:

Architecture Brazil History 20th century.
Architecture Brésil Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Städtebau
Architektur
Brazil.
Brasilien

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History.

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Springer eBooks

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Location: Library main 322145
Call No.: 322145
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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