Arte, Arquitetura e Paisagem: o rural de Minas Gerais pelos olhos de Tarsila do Amaral

The research object are selected works by the Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral in her Pau-Brasil phase (1924- 1928) that address scenes from the built-up rural landscape of Minas Gerais. It addresses an existing relationship between art and architecture, with the hypothesis that the artist's works can allow us to relate her representations of landscape painting to the social, political, constructive and architectural contexts of her time of production. It aims to understand the intertwining of his works with such realities, while establishing parallels between art and constructive realities, converging Brazilian architecture and artistic culture. The methodological guide comes from the didactics developed by Fayga Ostrower in her book Universos da Arte (2013), based on the premise of how the artist’s experience and context is reflected in his work. In Tarsila´s works it is possible to observe this relationship and identify how its representations communicate the architectural and constructive history of the portrayed place, here emphasizing the rural landscape of Minas Gerais.