dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Belo Horizonte, Sudeste, Brazil | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1940-1943 (creation) | en_US |
dc.creator | Niemeyer, Oscar | en_US |
dc.date | 1940-1943 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-27T16:32:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-27T16:32:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1940-1943 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 181185 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2071 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/86611 | |
dc.description | Close view of the upper portion of the main vault, front side; In 1940 Niemeyer was commissioned by Juscelino Kubitschek, then Prefect of Belo Horizonte, the state capital of Minas Gerais, to design a series of buildings around an artificial lake at Pampulha, a suburb of the city. These buildings (1942-1947), which included a church dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, a casino, restaurant, dance hall and yacht club, brought him international fame. The church is four undulating concrete parabolas which roof over a T-shaped plan. Vertical side walls are faced with painted tile mural. The outer screen wall on the north side is finished with a azulejo tiled mural depicting scenes from the life of St. Francis by Cândido Portinari. With its slender tower that tapers towards its base like a chair-leg, this building is one of the most reproduced images of 20th-century architecture. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/14/2010) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | concrete; painted tile | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | saints | en_US |
dc.subject | Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 | en_US |
dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
dc.title | Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pampulha | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Igreja de Sao Francisco de Asis | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Igreja da Pampulha | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-NO-PC-A5 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | Brazilian | en_US |
vra.technique | construction (assembling) fabrication attributes: ceramics | en_US |
vra.worktype | church | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian architect, born 1907) | en_US |