O relacionamento Brasil-EUA e a arquitetura moderna

Analysis of the relationship, experiences and exchanges between Brazilian and American architecture professionals or immigrants in North America from the perspective of Modern Brazilian Architecture. The period to be analyzed extends from the recognition of Brazilian modern architecture at the international level, between the end of the 1930s and the beginning of the forties, going through the second post-war period and stopping at the first International Biennials of Art and Architecture (from 1951 to 1959). This moment is characterized by the strong presence in Brazil of architects representing the modern movement, such as Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rhoe, Philip Johnson, Richard Neutra and many others. Analyzing this relationship means understanding the intense exchange of information that took place at the time between artistic institutions in Brazil and the USA, such as MAM in São Paulo, promoter of the first International Biennials of Art and Architecture, and MoMA in New York, as the main promoter new modernist trends worldwide. In this context, the role played by CIAM's, which are reflected in the Brazilian architectural reality, with the presence in Brazil o