Transatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eaton
dc.contributor.author | Pienaar, Marguerite | |
dc.contributor.email | marguerite.pienaar@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
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 |