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Rio de Janeiro
"Through artistic imaginaries, media productions, social practices and spatial mappings, this book offers an insightful and original contribution to the understanding of Rio de Janeiro, one of the highly contested urban terrains in the world. Offering a rich diversity of examples extracted from lived experience, iconographic materials, and narratives, it provides innovative and compelling connections between theoretical questions and urban vignettes. Throughout the essays, the specificity of Rio de Janeiro is highlighted but framed in relation to theoretical questions that are relevant to major contemporary cities. The book underlines the dilemmas of a city that attempts to compete globally while confronting social inequality, violence, and novel forms of democratic agency. It retraces Rio de Janeiro’s modernist memories as the former political/cultural capital of Brazilian intelligentsia and national culture. It explores Rio as a city of popular culture, mestizo legacies, media productions, and cultural innovation."
Building on a Construct
"Focusing on the acclaimed Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, this book assesses the state of research on the avant-garde artists and groups that constituted Brazilian Modernism"--Provided by publisher.
People of the Rainforest
In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and dangerous 'first contacts' with isolated indigenous people, and their lifelong mission to learn about their societies and, above all, help them adapt to modern Brazil without losing their cultural heritage, identity and pride. Author and explorer John Hemming vividly traces the unique adventures of these extraordinary brothers, who used their fame to change attitudes to native peoples and to help protect the world's surviving tropical rainforests, under threat again today.
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O valor da obra de arte
Qual é a linha divisória entre expressão cultural e mercadoria? A arte é o território do sublime ou o refúgio do capital especulativo? O que deve presidir a percepção da arte? Essas e muitas outras perguntas são levantadas e respondidas neste livro a partir de sete ângulos e protagonistas. Os textos de O Valor da Obra de Arte mapeiam a complexidade do assunto em linguagem atraente e acessível a todos os públicos. Isso é feito por meio de ensaios originais do sociólogo e professor Alain Quemin, da pesquisadora Ana Letícia Fialho e da crítica e jornalista Angélica de Moraes. Outros ângulos do tema foram analisados por meio de entrevistas exclusivas com o artista Cildo Meireles, o curador Tadeu Chiarelli, o colecionador João Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz e a galerista Luisa Strina. O objetivo é estimular o leitor a mergulhar em um dos temas mais efervescentes dos tempos atuais. Afinal: arte e cifrão podem ser a mesma coisa?
Arte sacra
The exhibition features important works of Baroque imagery, such as Our Blessed Lady statuary by Fra Agostinho de Jesus. Wood carvings from churches like the old cathedral in Salvador (17th century), and Portuguese sculptures including the reliefs of St. Peter and St. Paul (1690) and torch-bearing angels (18th century). It also shows expressive pieces from Minas Gerais state made by artists Aleijadinho and Master Ataide, as well as a splendid collection of oratories. This is the first in a series of publications, Art Collections from the Governmental Palaces of São Paulo State. The objective is to reveal the richness and diversity of the artistic patrimony housed in state buildings.
Negócios jesuíticos
Abre um vasto campo de reflexão e de pesquisa sobre a ordem religiosa que mais marcou a história da colonização brasileira, a Companhia de Jesus.
Humanities
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
