Oswald de Andrade

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/oswald-de-andrade

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Oswald de Andrade born?January 11, 1890
2. Where was Oswald de Andrade born?São Paulo, Brazil
3. What is the career?Poet, novelist, playwright, cultural critic, and influential theorist
4. Who was Oswald de Andrade?Oswald de Andrade was a Brazilian writer, poet, and critic who helped create modernism in Brazil. He wrote about art, culture, and how Brazil could be its own voice.
5. What was the Modern Art Week?The Modern Art Week was a 1922 event in São Paulo where artists showed new, bold styles of painting, sculpture, music, and writing. It shocked many people but also excited others and changed how art was seen in Brazil.

Brazilian Modernism: A broad artistic and intellectual movement in early 20th-century Brazil that sought to establish a distinct national cultural identity.
Anthropophagy: A theoretical framework proposing the assimilation and transformation of foreign cultural influences into a unique national expression.
Avant-garde: New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature that are ahead of their time.