Centenário da Semana de Arte Moderna e a sua importância cultural e artística para o país

Abstract

The present work results from the research developed as a Course Completion Work (TCC) of Pedagogy, at the Federal University of Tocantins - UFT Campus in Miracema. The theme was the centenary of the Modern Art Week and the cultural importance for the country. My concern for this research was to unravel how the modernists planned the progress process for a Brazilian artistic break with European cultural and artistic ideals and the reason for that struggle. Is the concern that guided the research in the search for answers to the reasons that reinforced the discussions that culminated in the opening of the Modern Art Week of 1922? Our main objective was to understand the reasons that contributed to the claims linked to Modernism, the repercussions before and after the Week, who were its actors and what resulted as an inheritance for contemporary Brazilian society. In a historical approach, the study was developed from bibliographical research, with consultations in theses, dissertations, articles, books that deal with the subject and specialized websites to have access to current artistic productions. Some of the highlighted authors: Brito (1978); Annals of the Course (1984); Chiarelli (2010); Monteiro (2012); Birth (2015); Marcondes (1018). This research showed us that the 22nd Week was a milestone for art and national culture, and its centenary reveals that 21th century artists are provoking changes and breaking barriers similar to the group of five.