Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Free-Form Modernism

By David Kendrick Underwood

Book Overview

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Free-Form ModernismAuthor: Underwood, David KendrickPublisher: W W Norton & Co IncPublication Date: 1994/03/01Number of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807613363
• ISBN13: 9780807613368
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: George Braziller
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

The artist and the architect!

At the moment to create the most exigent list of those most distinguished architects of the last Century, Oscar Niemeyer must be included in that illustrious account. Every project is so innovative that really captures the whole attention of any simple newcomer in this area. Niemeyer arrived to his centenary the last year, so this is an invitation to dive into the creative universe of this Brazilian master. Don't miss this fascinating book

UNDERSTANDING NIEMEYER FROM A SURREALIST POINT OF VIEW

NIEMEYER HAS BEEN HIGHLY CRITICIZED FOR POOR FUNCTIONALIST CONSIDERATION IN HIS BLDGS, SUCH AS HUMAN USE. MANY OF THIS ACCUSATIONS MAY BE TRUE. BUT THIS BOOK OFFERS AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARCHITECT'S WORK FROM A SURREALIST POINT OF VIEW, THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE HE COMES FROM AND WHY THE FREE-FORMS ARE ALMOST AN OBSTINATE CONSTANT IN HIS WORK TO THIS DAY. IT'S INTERSTING TO READ UNDERWOOD'S THESIS, AS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING AND STUDYING THE WORK OF THIS MASTER OF BRAZILIAN ARCHITECTURE.