Talk:Oscar Niemeyer

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avsa alexandre van de sande - This page used to be a stub and I expanded it, as a part of a university work. I hope to find placeable pictures soon, as its difficult to talk about an architech withou seeing his work. I would be really greatfull to hear about you.

Di Cavalcanti?

About this part of the article: "in part due to its unorthodox form, in part due to the modern mural painted by Di Cavalcanti."

I believe the mural outside the church in Pampulha was painted by Candido Portinari, instead of Di Cavalcanti.

--Milena 15:51, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

The mural outside is Portinari (unmistakable style!). There are the paintings of the via sacra too, and the altar, but I'm not sure if it's his too. I believe di Cavalcanti made the via sacra to the Brasília cathedral. -- NIC1138 00:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brasilia

When exactly was the National Congress Building planned and built? The cathedral? The article has it dangling somewhere between late 50s and 1963, assuming chronological ordering of events was followed throughout.

From Brasilia:

Brasilia was built in 41 months, from 1956 to April 21, 1960 when it was officially inaugurated.

Samsara _contrib ^talk 12:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fan page or encyclopedia article?

"Today, Niemeyer is over 98 and still discerning, active and brilliant" and similar quotes throughout the article are unsupported. Some editing in this regard wouldn't hurt. Oswald Glinkmeyer 02:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

His ethnicity

Was he Jewish? --1523 01:35, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NO-GERMAN

Well, not really. Notice that his last (father's) name is Soares which is of Portuguese origin. Tsf 18:30, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone has written that he was born to Jewish parents - can someone verify this with a citation? --- The Wonky Gnome

I don't have the chance to link up at the moment, but there are many references to his Jewish heritage on-line that can be used. He has not been a religious man, however.

His correct name

According to "Fundação Oscar Niemeyer" www.niemeyer.org.br his real name is "Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho". This is the name on his official documents like ID card. However, according to Marcos Sá Correia, who wrote Niemeyer's biography, Niemeyer himself told him that his name was "Oscar Niemeyer Ribeiro de Almeida Soares". I really don't know why Niemeyer said a name that was not his "official" name.

Acba 05:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Utilitarianism and POV

Who's ever said that he is an utilitarian? He is a formalist, but no utilitarian for sure. By the way, building beautiful but low functional performance buildings is precisely what he's been most criticized for. The claim makes no sense. Diegocunha

the article says "Although he was a defender of utilitarianism", and he did - in his autobiography.the article doesn't claim he is one. Artlondon 00:53, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From his autobiography? So why not try "self proclaimed defender of utilitarianism" along with references? But I still doubt it without the possibilty of checking the "information". By the way, this whole paragraph hurts: "Although he was a defender of utilitarianism, his creations did not have the blocky coldness frequently criticized by post-modern critics. His buildings have forms so dynamic and curves so sensual" These adjectives sound like coming from an admirer. This article shouldn't have been nominated, for it lacks due references. It should be wikified -- Diegocunha 00:13, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of POV Message

Thank you, The Wonky Gnome, for the changes in the opening paragraph. The whole article has acquired a better tone, for it has now room for both apraisal and critiques. As my main personal reasons of dispute have been settled, I'm removing the POV message. Perhaps it will be better to have two distinct sections for "legacy" and "criticism", so as to acommodate further contributions and citations. Great work guys! It's good to see the magic of collaboration happening. --Diegocunha 20:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Architect box instead of Person box

I'm changing the regular infobox to "architect box". Le Corbusier and others in Wikipedia are in "architect boxes". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgsodre (talk • contribs) 04:04, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]