Brazilian Belle Époque
The Brazilian Belle Époque, also known as the Tropical Belle Époque or Golden Age, is the South American branch of the French Belle Époque movement (1871-1914), based on the Impressionist and Art Nouveau artistic movements. It occurred between 1870 and February 1922 (between the last years of the Brazilian Empire and the Modern Art Week) and involved a cosmopolitan culture, with changes in the arts, culture, technology and politics in Brazil.
| Brazilian Belle Époque | |||
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| 1870–1922 | |||
The Brazilian Centennial Exposition of 1922 | |||
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| Leader(s) | Pedro II, Campos Sales, Rodrigues Alves, Afonso Pena, Epitácio Pessoa | ||
Chronology
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The Belle Époque in Brazil differs from other countries, both in the duration and the technological advance, and happened mainly in the country's most prosperous regions at the time: the rubber cycle area (Amazonas and Pará), the coffee-growing area (São Paulo and Minas Gerais) and the three main colonial cities (Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador).