Brazil /

• Main Author: Williams, J. Richard (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2009
• Series: Modern architectures in history
• Subjects: Αρχιτεκτονική > Βραζιλία > 20ος αι.

Review: "Spanning the period from the 1930s to the present, this book focuses on recurring themes within Brazil's Modernism: the place of colonial architecture and the colonial legacy; the influence of sexuality in architectural imagery; the importance of leisure and luxury; the role of th...

Table of Contents:

• The politics of the past
• The politics of eros
• Brasilia, or the politics of progress
• The aesthetics of poverty
• The politics of liberation
• The politics of spectacle
• The politics of public space
• Brazil's legacies.