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A "descida" antropophaga
Costa, Oswaldo
1928
This document claims that one of the fundamental tenets of the so-called Movimento Antropófago is a return to a “natural state” (understood as a kind of “beauty with natural features” that is ugly, rough, barbaric, and [...]
ICAA Record ID: 784397