Síntese das artes: sentido, implicações e abrangência

The process of “synthesis of the arts” occurs in two ways in 20th century architecture: one, after the vanguards of the beginning of the century, which would somehow impress all the essence of architecture from then on; the other, with the developments of modern architecture from the 30s on. The first one happens starting from its essential artistic dimension, through models and ideals common to the various fields of art. The second, through the dialogue between or the fusion of the various artistic manifestations or “artworks” in one – or with one – architectural and urban space. The first takes place after a “dehumanization” of the art. The second searches for a new “humanization” that may fill the gap between culture and society. In Brazilian modern architecture these two approaches occur simultaneously. It is an architecture given birth to by this dialogue between the art fields which is found in the genesis of modern architecture and which, after the rupture with the idea of representation and mimesis, offers a new manner to the construction of form. But there is also a search in the integrated work of painters, sculptors, architects and landscapers and, through a dialogue with local culture, the satisfaction of the humanistic ideals of an artistic phenomenon constituted as “normal manifestation of life”.