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Exploring Brazilian Modernism: A Fusion of Tradition and Innovation

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As the 20th century dawned in Brazil, so too did a new modern art that would not only redefine the country’s artistic landscape, but also build cities in its own image. This was a new art for a new Brazil. Roberto Burle Marx – Abstract serigraph print.

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Walter Gropius: the Visionary Master of Modernism

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It was also where his championing of industrial materials such as glass, steel and reinforced concrete started to take shape. A triumph of geometric form with more glass than brick on the facade and an almost weightless feel, it was completed in collaboration with Adolf Meyer in 1911, Gropius new Berlin-based business partner.