Di Cavalcanti (painter)
E133041
Di Cavalcanti was a prominent Brazilian modernist painter known for his vibrant depictions of urban life, samba, and popular culture in early 20th-century Brazil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Di Cavalcanti | 1 |
| Di Cavalcanti (painter) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170277 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Di Cavalcanti (painter) Context triple: [Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, hasNotableAlumni, Di Cavalcanti (painter)]
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A.
Giotto
Giotto was a pioneering Italian painter and architect of the late Middle Ages whose naturalistic style helped lay the foundations for the Italian Renaissance.
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Andrea di Pietro della Gondola
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, better known as Andrea Palladio, was a seminal 16th-century Italian architect whose classical designs profoundly influenced Western architecture.
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C.
Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca was a 15th-century Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician renowned for his serene, geometrically structured compositions and pioneering use of linear perspective.
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D.
Perugino
Perugino was an Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his serene, harmonious compositions and as an important teacher and influence on Raphael.
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E.
Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico was an early Italian Renaissance painter and Dominican friar renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces, especially those in Florence and Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Di Cavalcanti (painter) Target entity description: Di Cavalcanti was a prominent Brazilian modernist painter known for his vibrant depictions of urban life, samba, and popular culture in early 20th-century Brazil.
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A.
Giotto
Giotto was a pioneering Italian painter and architect of the late Middle Ages whose naturalistic style helped lay the foundations for the Italian Renaissance.
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B.
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola
Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, better known as Andrea Palladio, was a seminal 16th-century Italian architect whose classical designs profoundly influenced Western architecture.
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C.
Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca was a 15th-century Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician renowned for his serene, geometrically structured compositions and pioneering use of linear perspective.
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D.
Perugino
Perugino was an Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his serene, harmonious compositions and as an important teacher and influence on Raphael.
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E.
Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico was an early Italian Renaissance painter and Dominican friar renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces, especially those in Florence and Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
modernist artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Di Cavalcanti
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Emiliano Di Cavalcanti ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
Afro-Brazilian culture
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carnival ⓘ music and dance ⓘ urban nightlife ⓘ working-class people ⓘ |
| artStyle | modernist painting ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1897-09-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1976-10-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| educatedIn | law (incomplete studies) ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drawing
ⓘ
illustration ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | figurative art ⓘ |
| influenced | Brazilian modernist painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
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Modernism ⓘ
surface form:
European modernism
Expressionism ⓘ French art ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | visual art ⓘ |
| movement |
Brazilian modernism
ⓘ
surface form:
Brazilian Modernism
Modernism ⓘ |
| name | Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque e Melo ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of Brazilian urban life
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paintings of samba scenes ⓘ portraits of mulatas ⓘ representations of Brazilian popular culture ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Week of Modern Art
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surface form:
Semana de Arte Moderna
|
| politicalActivity | engaged in cultural politics in Brazil ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | left-wing ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | organizer of Semana de Arte Moderna ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
drawing on paper
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oil on canvas ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Rio de Janeiro
ⓘ
São Paulo ⓘ |
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Subject: Di Cavalcanti (painter) Description of subject: Di Cavalcanti was a prominent Brazilian modernist painter known for his vibrant depictions of urban life, samba, and popular culture in early 20th-century Brazil.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Di Cavalcanti