Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this letter, the writer Mário de Andrade critiques the researcher Luiz da Câmara Cascudo’s articles about folklore. He notes, however, the latter’s rigorous, scientific approach to the subject. The letter mentions (though not explicitly) [...]

This document is a reply by Mário de Andrade to the poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, dated November 22, 1924. In it, de Andrade voices his opposition to what he considers to be the false binomial that distinguishes national from universal criteria, [...]

These are the statutes of the Sociedade de Etnografia e Folclore (SEF, established in the state of São Paulo). The statutes define the mission of the Society: “to guide, encourage, and communicate ethnographic, anthropological, and folkloric [...]

The writer Antonio de Alcântara Machado discusses the city of São Paulo, which in his opinion, “is an aesthetic-urban disaster.” He comments on “the bad taste” of the city’s sculptures and monuments, making just one exception in the case [...]

The author discusses the conclusions of the CIF (Congrès International de Folklore), held in Paris in 1937, and reviews Brazilian participation in the event. He mentions the congratulatory words expressed by André Varagnac, the assistant curator of [...]