| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Brasília, Centro-Oeste, Brazil | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1970 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Niemeyer, Oscar | en_US |
| dc.date | 1970 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-07T20:19:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-07T20:19:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1970 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 214588 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 189 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/121955 | |
| dc.description | View looking up into crown of ceiling, depicting treatment of structure (suspended in mid-air, three angels of cast aluminum by Alfredo Ceschiatti seem to float); Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, however hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative effect as well as structural economy. The first hyperboloid structures were built by Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939). In the Metropolitan Cathedral the hyperboloid structure is a result of 16 identical assembled concrete columns. These columns, having hyperbolic section and weighing 90 tons, represent two hands moving upwards to heaven. The Cathedral was dedicated on 31 May 1970. The four bronze sculptures (3 m high), represent the Evangelists and are by by Alfredo Ceschiatti (1968), as are the angels inside. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 12/2/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | concrete; stained glass (painted fiberglass) | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Metropolitan Cathedral | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida | 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-B-4-C2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Brazilian | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) stained glass | en_US |
| vra.worktype | cathedral | en_US |
| vra.worktype | stained glass (visual work) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian architect, born 1907) | en_US |
