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Also known as tropicalia, tropicalismo

Tropicália (), also known as tropicalismo (), was a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s. It was characterized by the amalgamation of Brazilian genres—notably the union of the popular and the avant-garde, as well as the melding of Brazilian tradition and foreign traditions and styles. Contemporarily, tropicália became primarily associated with the musical faction of the movement, which merged Brazilian and African rhythms with British and American psychedelia and pop rock. The movement also included works of film, theatre, and poetry.

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Within Vinony's link graph, tropicália is referenced by 860 other articles, and connects out to psychedelic music, cannabis and samba.

It is catalogued under topics including 1960s establishments in Brazil, 20th-century art movements and Brazilian art.

Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Music genre.name
Tropicália
Music genre.stylistic_origins
Musical Art
Music genre.cultural_origins
Late 1960s, Southeastern Brazil
Music genre.derivatives
MPB, pós-tropicalismo

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inception
1967-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Musical movement
  • Critiques
  • Influence
  • Post Tropicália
  • Seminal albums
  • See also
  • Further reading
  • References
  • External links

Tropicália (), also known as tropicalismo (), was a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s. It was characterized by the amalgamation of Brazilian genres—notably the union of the popular and the avant-garde, as well as the melding of Brazilian tradition and foreign traditions and styles. Contemporarily, tropicália became primarily associated with the musical faction of the movement, which merged Brazilian and African rhythms with British and American psychedelia and pop rock. The movement also included works of film, theatre, and poetry.

The term tropicália (tropicalismo) has multiple connotations in that it played on images of Brazil being that of a "tropical paradise". Tropicalia was presented as a "field for reflection on social history".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tropicália” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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