IVOS 2: ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ,ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ

  Astrud Gilberto The honey-toned chanteuse on the surprise Brazilian crossover hit "The Girl From Ipanema,"  Astrud Gilberto  parlayed her previously unscheduled appearance (and professional singing debut) on the song into a lengthy career that resulted in nearly a dozen albums for Verve and a successful performing career that lasted into the '90s. Though her appearance at the studio to record "The Girl From Ipanema" was due only to her husband  João , one of the most famed Brazilian artists of the century,  Gilberto 's singular, quavery tone and undisguised naïveté propelled the song into the charts and influenced a variety of sources in worldwide pop music. Born in Bahia,  Gilberto  moved to Rio de Janeiro at an early age. She'd had no professional musical experience of any kind until 1963, the year of her visit to New York with her husband,  João Gilberto , in a recording session headed by  Stan Getz .  Getz  had alread...

(...) "Τhe Brazilian painter who best achieved Brazilian aspirations for nationalistic expression in a modern style."   ''...Tarsila's life is a mark of the warm Brazilian character and an expression of it tropical exuberance."  (...)   Tarsila do Amaral,  (September 1, 1886 in Capivari, São Paulo – January 17, 1973 in São Paulo),  known simply as Tarsila , is considered to be one of the leading Latin American modernist artists, described as "the Brazilian painter who best achieved Brazilian aspirations for nationalistic expression in a modern style."  She was a member of the "Grupo dos Cinco" (Group of Five), which was a group of five Brazilian artists who are considered the biggest influence in the modern art movement in Brazil. The other members of the " Grupo dos Cinco " are Anita Malfatti, Menotti Del Picchia, Mário de Andrade, and Oswald de Andrade. Tarsila was also instrumental in the formation of...