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Brazilian Belle Époque
The Brazilian Belle Époque, also known as the Tropical Belle Époque or Golden Age, is the South American branch of the French Belle Époque movement (1871-1914), based on the Impressionism, Impressionist and Art Nouveau artistic movements. It occurred between 1870 and February 1922 (between the last years of the Empire of Brazil, Brazilian Empire and the Modern Art Week) and involved a cosmopolitan culture, with changes in the arts, culture, technology and politics in Brazil. The Belle Époque in Brazil differs from other countries, both in the duration and the technological advance, and happened mainly in the country's most prosperous regions at the time: the Amazon rubber cycle, rubber cycle area (Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Pará), the Brazilian coffee cycle, coffee-growing area (São Paulo (state), São Paulo and Minas Gerais) and the three main colonial cities (Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Bahia, Salvador). History Amazonas and Pará Financed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Rubber Cycle
The Amazon rubber cycle, or boom ( pt, Ciclo da borracha, ; es, Fiebre del caucho, , 1879 to 1912) was an important part of the economic and social history of Brazil and Amazonian regions of neighboring countries, being related to the extraction and commercialization of rubber. Centered in the Amazon Basin, the boom resulted in a large expansion of European colonization in the area, attracting immigrant workers, generating wealth, causing cultural and social transformations, and wreaking havoc upon indigenous societies. It encouraged the growth of cities such as Manaus and Belém, capitals within the respective Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará, among many other cities throughout the region like Itacoatiara, Rio Branco, Eirunepé, Marabá, Cruzeiro do Sul and Altamira; as well as the expansion of Iquitos in Peru, Cobija in Bolivia and Leticia in Colombia. The rubber boom occurred largely between 1879 and 1912. There was heightened rubber production and associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
