Maria Martins and “Planet China”: a Brazilian artist’s visit to the People’s Republic of China in 1956

This is a commentary on the visit of the artist Maria Martins (1894-1973) to the People’s Republic of China In 1956. The main source is her own account of this experience, narrated In the book Ásia Maior: o Planeta China, whose the first edition is from 1958. We focus our reading on two episodes: hi...

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Autor: Hardman, Francisco Foot
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)
Repositorio:Pontos de Interrogação (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.uneb.br:article/22061
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.uneb.br/index.php/pontosdeint/article/view/v14n1p17
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Palavra-chave:Maria Martins. Viagem à China. “Planeta China”. Outono 1956.
Maria Martins. Travel to China. “The China Planet”. Fall 1956.
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Resumo:This is a commentary on the visit of the artist Maria Martins (1894-1973) to the People’s Republic of China In 1956. The main source is her own account of this experience, narrated In the book Ásia Maior: o Planeta China, whose the first edition is from 1958. We focus our reading on two episodes: his meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong at a private dinner; and her poetic passion for the city of Beijing, which she calls “Blue City”. This article is the result of two oral presentations, by Invitation, at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum and Peking University, In 2017. In the latter, In 2024, we revised its written version.