Week of Modern Art

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The Week of Modern Art was a landmark 1922 cultural festival in São Paulo that revolutionized Brazilian literature, visual arts, and music by introducing and consolidating modernist ideas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art exhibition
cultural festival
historical event
alsoKnownAs Week of Modern Art
surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna
chronology early phase of Brazilian Modernism
commemorates Independence Day of Brazil
surface form: Centenary of Brazilian Independence
country Brazil
describedBySource Brazilian art history
endDate 1922-02-17
field literature
music
visual arts
genre modernist festival
hasEffect challenged academic artistic standards in Brazil
promoted national identity in Brazilian arts
stimulated avant-garde experimentation in Brazil
hasLegacy considered a turning point in Brazilian cultural history
hasPart art exhibitions
lectures
literary readings
music concerts
hasParticipant Anita Malfatti
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
Graça Aranha
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Mário de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade
inception 1922
influenced Brazilian modernist architecture
Brazilian modernist literature
Brazilian modernist music
Brazilian modernist painting
language Portuguese
location São Paulo
movement Brazilian modernism
surface form: Brazilian Modernism
organizer Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
Graça Aranha
pointInTime February 1922
significance consolidated modernist ideas in Brazil
introduced modernist ideas in Brazil
revolutionized Brazilian literature
revolutionized Brazilian music
revolutionized Brazilian visual arts
startDate 1922-02-13
theme break with academicism
search for Brazilian cultural identity
timePeriod 20th century
venue Municipal Theatre of São Paulo
surface form: Theatro Municipal de São Paulo

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Brazilian modernism significantEvent Week of Modern Art
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo significantEvent Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Week of Modern Art (Semana de Arte Moderna) 1922
Week of Modern Art alsoKnownAs Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna
Mário de Andrade participantIn Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna
Anita Malfatti participantIn Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna
Anita Malfatti participantIn Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Modern Art Week of 1922
Di Cavalcanti (painter) participatedIn Week of Modern Art
subject surface form: Di Cavalcanti
this entity surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna
Oswald de Andrade participantIn Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna
Pauliceia Desvairada associatedWith Week of Modern Art
this entity surface form: Semana de Arte Moderna (1922)