Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2009 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Rechdan, Luís Henrique Junqueira de Almeida
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| Orientador(a): |
D'Alessio, Marcia Barbosa Mansor |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História
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| Departamento: |
História
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| País: |
BR
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/13129
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Resumo: |
In this work we propose to reflect on the material means of cultural production, among other aspects of the social process of cultural production, that enabled a group of young Brazilian architects, coordinated by Lucio Costa and with the consultancy of Le Corbusier, to plan and construct a ministerial building in accordance with the principles of modern European architecture inspired by Corbusier as they existed in the 1930s. Based on a historiography of architecture oriented toward the technical and aesthetic aspects of architectural debate during those years, we intend to historicize this stimulating debate in both its architectural and political dimensions at a moment in which the government was proposing a project for the (re)construction of the Brazilian nation-state. To reconstruct the political-architectural drama that unfolded during the selection process for the headquarters building of the Ministry of Education and Public Health (MESP) between March 1935 and April 1937, we have reconstituted not only the political and professional careers of the various actors in the mid-1930s but also the relations among them and the political and intellectual events that had taken place in Brazil since the preceding decade. Our analysis of the competition to select the project for MESP, as well its subsequent developments, emerges from a reflection on what was revolutionary, modern and Brazilian about a government that styled itself revolutionary, even after the promulgation of a new constitutional document in 1934. Lucio Costa and Gustavo Capanema, the architect and the visionary minister, did not act alone, but were the active proponents of a scheme that involved politicians and intellectuals both Brazilian and foreign. These years, called the heroic years, were years of intense debate between Art and Politics in Brazil. From this perspective, the process of selecting a project for MESP represent an exceptional moment not only for purpooses of reevaluating the landmarks of modern architecture in Brazil but also in order to reflect on the policies of the constitutional government of President Getulio Vargas, and more specifically on the political and intellectual maneuverings that made possible the coup of November 10, 1937, which gave birth to the Estado Novo |
