{"product_id":"brazilian-modernist-photography-1939-1964-construction-deconstruction-reconstruction","title":"Brazilian Modernist Photography (1939-1964).Construction,deconstruction,reconstruction","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrazilian Modernist Photography (1939-1964).Construction,deconstruction,reconstruction (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst impression\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge format hardcover in new condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages clean, binding firm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText in english\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s, Brazil underwent a profound transformation. The country was industrializing, opening up internationally, welcoming a large European diaspora fleeing Nazism, and becoming fertile ground for the artistic avant-garde. Echoing this effervescence, a new generation of photographers seized the medium to accompany the aesthetic and cultural upheavals of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs part of the movement that saw the birth of Oscar Niemeyer's architecture and vision of the modern city, Novo cinema and Bossa Nova, six figures contributed to the emergence of a new photography: Geraldo de Barros, German Lorca, Gertrudes Altschul, Marcel Giró, José Oiticica Filho and Thomaz Farkas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe formal and aesthetic diversity of Brazilian modernist photography remains largely unknown. Through the work of thirty-three artists, the book sheds light on a daring generation that placed Brazil at the forefront of the international avant-garde movement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA text by Marcella Legrand Marer and Helouise Costa, co-curators of the exhibition presented at the Rencontres d'Arles, introduces the book and looks back at the three high points of Brazilian modernism. The visual corpus is complemented by two essays by Rafael Cardoso, art historian and writer, and Julieta Pestarino, anthropologist, art historian and curator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geraldo de Barros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57419275075966,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/Brazilian-Modernist-Photography-1939-19641.heic?v=1778851381","url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/en-us\/products\/brazilian-modernist-photography-1939-1964-construction-deconstruction-reconstruction","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}