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SOUTHERN
MODERNISMS:
from A to Z
and back again
Joana Cunha Leal
Maria Helena Maia
Begoña Farré Torras
Editors
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Title
SOUTHERN MODERNISMS: from A to Z and back again
Editors
Joana Cunha Leal, Maria Helena Maia and Begoña Farré Torras
© 2015 by authors, CEAA and IHA
Graphic design
Jorge Cunha Pimentel and Joana Couto
Typesetting
Joana Couto
Edition
CEAA | Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, CESAP/ESAP
IHA | Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH-UNL
Print
SerSilito, Empresa Gráfica Lda
1st Edition, Porto, May 2015
Print run: 500 copies
ISBN: 978-972-8784-66-9
Legal Deposit: 398572/15
This publication was conducted under the project Southern Modernisms
(EXPL/ CPC-HAT/0191/2013), funded by national funds through FCT
under Project 3599 - Promoting the Research Production, Technological
Development and Innovation.
The authors of the texts have the exclusive responsibility of image copyrights
printed in the correspondent texts. The editors do not accept any responsibility
for any improper use of images and any consequences following.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Joana Cunha Leal, Maria Helena Maia and Begoña Farré Torras 9
THE QUEST FOR A BRAZILIAN CHARACTER: DIACHRONIC
DIALOGUES
Anat Falbel and Gustavo Peixoto 13
CATALONIA AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE. AN UNFINISHED
TALE
Antoni Remesar Betlloch 35
A CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE IN
SPAIN. RUMOURS AND TRUTHS
Concha Diez-Pastor e Iribas 53
MEDITERRANEITÀ DESIRED AND REALISED: THE IMPOSITION
OF THE FASCIST AESTHETIC IDEOLOGY OF MEDITERRANEAN-
NESS OVERSEAS FROM 1935 TO 1940
George Epolito 79
URBAN AESTHETICS. ON THE MODERNITY OF VENTURA
TERRA, ARCHITECT AND TOWN PLANNER
Gerbert Verheij 99
FROM THE POPULAR TO THE SUPER NORMAL
Iván Yllera 125
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CONTENTS
MODERNISM AND THE PORTUGUESE TEATRO DE REVISTA
Jorge Palinhos 141
MODERNISM IN LATIN AMERICA: THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN
AESTHETIC REPERTOIRE
Maria José de Azevedo Marcondes 161
JOSÉ-AUGUSTO FRANÇA’S ‘QUIET MODERNISM’ AND THE
WORK OF ARCHITECTS CARLOS AND GUILHERME REBELO DE
ANDRADE. INSTANCES OF SURVIVAL AND PERMANENCE IN THE
HISTORIOGRAPHY OF PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE
Mariana Mata Passos 181
THE VERNACULAR TRADITION IN THE ART OF NOUCENTISME
Mercè Vidal i Jansà 203
HISTORICAL PRECONDITIONS OF “GREEK MODERNISM”: THE
CASE OF VISUAL ARTS
Nikos Daskalothanassis 223
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN CRETE: CONTINUITIES IN
CONCRETE
Nikos Skoutelis 243
HOUSING, NATIONALISM AND SOCIAL CONTROL: THE FIRST
YEARS OF THE PORTUGUESE ESTADO NOVO’S AFFORDABLE
HOUSES PROGRAMME
Sérgio Dias Silva and Rui Jorge Garcia Ramos 255
PRIMORDIAL GESTURES, ARCHAIC ROOTS, POPULAR CULTURE
– A LOOK AT MODERNISM IN THE SCULPTURE OF SOUTHERN
EUROPE
Sílvia Vieira de Almeida 275
THE DEFAULT MATERIALITY OF WHITENESS IN SOUTHERN
MODERNISM AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
STYLE
Susanne Bauer 299
AUTHORS 325
ABSTRACTS 329
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