Hercule Florence: observant traveler in the garden of the world
This article aims to bring together reflections on the French traveler Hercule Florence's view of the city of Cuiabá and Charles Baudelaire's thoughts on life in French cities in the 19th century. Both portray urban experiences and capture them in the subtleties of modernity, in customs, i...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Faces da História |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.assis.unesp.br:article/2765 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.assis.unesp.br/index.php/facesdahistoria/article/view/2765 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Viajante Hercule Florence flâneur Cuiabá Traveler |
| Sumario: | This article aims to bring together reflections on the French traveler Hercule Florence's view of the city of Cuiabá and Charles Baudelaire's thoughts on life in French cities in the 19th century. Both portray urban experiences and capture them in the subtleties of modernity, in customs, in architecture, in crowds, in speed, in morals, in betrayal, in lights, in misery, in intrigues. Baudelaire, in The Painter of Modern Life, brings the perspective of a flâneur artist criticizing Paris, while Hercule Florence draws the spaces of Cuiabá. In the manuscript L'ami des arts livré à lui-même ou Recherches et découvertes sur différents sujets nouveaux, the traveler writes his young impression of everything he observed during the Langsdorff Expedition. Based on the perception of the traveler and of the poet, we present analogies and contrasts intertwining cultures. |
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