Philippou, Styliane <br/><br/>
Oscar Niemeyer  curves of irreverence 
Styliane Philippou. 
 - New Haven  Yale University Press  c2008. 
 - 414 p.  ill. (some col.), maps  30 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-399) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : 'Much more than parrots and banana trees' -- Modernism and national identity in Brazil or how to brew a Brazilian stew -- Oscar Niemeyer and the birth of Brazilian architectural modernism -- Curves of transgression: the architectural complex of Pampulha -- Challenging established hierarchies in the post-war Brazilian metropolis -- Dwelling in the 'new world in the tropics' -- Brasília: the president's plantation or the second colonization of Brazil -- Anagrams of monumentality: inversion, levitation, hybridization, dissonance -- Pau-Brasil architecture for export -- Reclaiming the right to the beach. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300120387 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Niemeyer, Oscar 1907- --Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International style (Architecture)--Brazil.<br/>Architects--Brazil
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA859  / N5 P52 2008