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

dc.contributor.authorPienaar, Marguerite
dc.contributor.emailmarguerite.pienaar@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-16T05:13:11Z
dc.date.available2018-08-16T05:13:11Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn 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.abstractNo 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.departmentArchitectureen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPienaar, M. 2017, 'Transatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eaton', Paranoa, vol. 18, pp. 1-14.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1677-7395 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1679-0944 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n18.2017.02
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/66149
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversidade de Brasíliaen_ZA
dc.rightsParanoa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_ZA
dc.subjectNorman Eaton (1902−1966)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African architecten_ZA
dc.subjectBrazilian modernityen_ZA
dc.subjectOscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)en_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican identityen_ZA
dc.titleTransatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eatonen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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