Transatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eaton

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dc.contributor.author Pienaar, Marguerite
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-16T05:13:11Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-16T05:13:11Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.description.abstract In the immediate post-war period of the late 1940s, many South African architects were profoundly influenced by Brazilian modernity. It was through amongst others, the patronage of Pretoria architect Norman Eaton (1902-1966) that the Brazilian influence was disseminated in South Africa. Eaton was influenced by the work of especially Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), whom he met personally on a tour of the Americas during 1945. In Eaton’s work, translation of the Brazilian variant of Modernism was found to be compatible with African qualities. It was probably this trans-Atlantic exchange that contributed towards Eaton finding his own voice in the translation towards an African identity. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract No período do imediato pósguerra de fim dos anos de 1940, muitos arquitetos sulafricanos estavam profundamente influenciados pelo modernismo brasileiro. O arquiteto Norman Eaton (1902-1966), de Pretoria, foi um dos responsá-veis por disseminar a influência brasileira na África do Sul. Eaton foi influenciado especialmente pelo trabalho de Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), a quem ele conheceu pessoalmente numa viagem pelas Américas em 1945. Na obra de Eaton, a tradução da variante moderna do modernismo brasileiro revelouse compatível com atributos africanos. Foi provavelmente esse intercâmbio transatlântico que contribuiu para que Eaton encontrasse sua especificidade na transposição em direção a uma identidade africana. en_ZA
dc.description.department Architecture en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2018 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Pienaar, M. 2017, 'Transatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eaton', Paranoa, vol. 18, pp. 1-14. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1677-7395 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1679-0944 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n18.2017.02
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66149
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Universidade de Brasília en_ZA
dc.rights Paranoa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_ZA
dc.subject Norman Eaton (1902−1966) en_ZA
dc.subject South African architect en_ZA
dc.subject Brazilian modernity en_ZA
dc.subject Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) en_ZA
dc.subject African identity en_ZA
dc.title Transatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eaton en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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