A Rigid Delicacy

Project: Engineer Bernardo José de Mello, Iron Structure: Walter MacFarlane & Co., and Photographer: Priscilla Duarte2022-03-23

Theatro José de Alencar
Fortaleza, Brazil

In parts of the building, a delicate design is displayed, which recalls the linearity and freedom of composition of Art Nouveau, although it is still possible to observe a kind of classical rigidity, denounced by the presence of obsessive symmetry.

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Title: A Rigid Delicacy
Creator: Project: Engineer Bernardo José de Mello, Iron Structure: Walter MacFarlane & Co., Photographer: Priscilla Duarte
Date Created: 2022-03-23
Location: theater frieze

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