Mário de Andrade’s Thinking on Aesthetics

Authors

  • Eduardo Jardim Moraes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i26.472

Keywords:

Mário de Andrade, Brazilian modernism, aesthetics, modern art

Abstract

This article presents Mário de Andrade’s thinking on aesthetics in the period from the Modern Art Week of 1922, when he read the essay “A escrava que não é Isaura”, to his final writings in the 1940s. Andrade’s aesthetics points to two directions. The first is the need for a renewal of artistic production in Brazil. The second is a consideration of art and its forms in their social dimension. These two directions appear both combined and in a rather tense opposition, in consonance with the distinctive traits of Andrade’s personality. A key aspect in this regard is his critical review of Modernism in his final years, in writings such as “O artista e o artesão”, of 1938, and in his 1942 conference entitled “O movimento modernista”.

Article received: April 24, 2021; Article accepted: June 23, 2021; Published online: October 15, 2021; Original scholarly article

How to cite this article: Jardim Moraes, Eduardo. "Mário de Andrade’s Thinking on Aesthetics." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 26 (October 2021): 81-88. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i26.472

 

Author Biography

Eduardo Jardim Moraes

Department of Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

Eduardo Jardim Moraes (1948), Department of Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) (until 2012). Born in Rio de Janeiro. Bachelor’s Degree and MSc in philosophy at PUC-Rio. PhD at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 1983. Taught at PUC-Rio’s Department of Philosophy until 2021. Published the following books, among others: A brasilidade modernista - sua dimensão filosófica (Rio de Janeiro: Ponteio/PUC, 2016), Mário de Andrade – a morte do poeta, (Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2005), A duas vozes – Hannah Arendt e Octavio Paz (Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2007), Eu sou trezentos – Mário de Andrade – vida e obra. (Rio de Janeiro: Edições de Janeiro, 2015 – winner of the Jabuti Award for “Best Non-Fiction Work” in 2016).

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Jardim, Eduardo. Eu sou trezentos – Mário de Andrade – Vida e obra, Rio de Janeiro: Edições de Janeiro, 2015.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i26.472 DOI: https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i26.472

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Published

15.10.2021

How to Cite

Moraes, E. J. (2021). Mário de Andrade’s Thinking on Aesthetics. AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, (26), 81–88. https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i26.472