Musas do Patrimônio Moderno: Lina, Gisela e Janete

Modern Heritage Muses: Lina, Gisela and Janete In Modernism, when the game of building cities and forming the Brazilian nation was an official consensus, art and architecture were used to carry out social agreements. If the objective was to change the world and society through renovation of the physical and symbolic environment into daily life, the modernist standards should be within reach of all in an egalitarian way. Direct collaboration of educators, artists and technicians was fundamental to carry out these parameters. Therefore, the aims of cultural and educative work were adapted mutually and female participation in the social and public life was stimulated. In this realm, the narrative that fits the experiences of women, creatures of times and of privileged circles that maintained common professional bonds, can be a favorable way to expand historiographical readings and, thus, better understanding of some of the delimiting aspects of the Brazilian Modernism. It is noted that the development of the Brazilian modern national identity was also a result of the work of Lina Bo Bardi, Gisela Magalhães and Janete Costa, aiming to increase in value popular heritage in interior design and exhibitions. In this way, the article points out some of the principal ideas and realizations of these architects, for it consider they played an important role in architecture and in the field of Brazilian museology. Among the main characters of the formation and consolidation of the modernist trends in Brazil, they stand out because of creativity and influence of their diverse architectural projects and innovatory realizations in exhibitions.