ABSTRACT
This dissertation deals with aspects of popular culture and northeast crafts, as
far as the influence they exerted on the visual arts and industrial design in Brazil
on the XIX and XX century. The studies were concentrated on Lina Bo Bard´s
action, after hers moving from Sao Paulo to Salvador, which had as main
objective, to develop a closer job of the popular local production. This job would
be accomplished through the assembly of the Museu de Arte Popular and of
Escola de Desenho Industrial e Artesanato in the architectural complex of the
Solar Unhão. The dissertation aims to bring out, general events the cultural
movement created in Salvador in the second half of the twentieth century that
has been forgotten by researchers at the time to assemble the history of design
by Brazil. In addition to the appearance of Lina, studies also show aspects of
craft production and Bahia mixed by the popular stories of characters from the
national scene, such as: Prof. Edgard Santos, Juracy Magalhães, Lavínia
Magalhães, Assis Chateaubriand, Odorico Tavares, Celso Furtado and Mario
Cravo Jr. Among the specific objectives are: To identify visual signs influence
and productive processes of popular culture and craft in the northeastern
industrial design; search and disseminate the school of industrial design model,
suggested by Lina Bo Bardi, and show the strategic importance of an
emancipatory historical study on the design for the School of Fine Arts of the
Federal University of Bahia, where the course of Design; to help School of Fine
Arts teachers’ qualification, as well as to influence researchers from other units
of education; demystify the idea that the creative process and production of the
more humble of popular culture have somewhat "smaller" or "lowest" value, and
disseminate stories of the artisans conditions and low cost manufacturing , and
the creation of agencies supporting the development of the Northeast. As
methodology for the research development, we used different methods of
approach, but the analysis and synthesis was the main point, present in all
stages of the project. The historical and comparative methods also helped to
complement the job. As an accomplished conclusion of the research analysis,
one of the most significant result, was to identify the trajectory of Lina through
the Northeast generated huge changes in the local scene, however, due to
political interests of Salvador and the military coup of 1964, the project did not
take off and keeps only doomed as a historical record.
Key words: Popular Culture, Crafts, Industrial Design, Design and Lina Bo
Bardi