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Santos Dumont and the conquest of space: a new form of seeing the world

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Claudia Musa Fay at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Claudia Musa Fay
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In the beginning of the 20th Century Santos Dumont conquered space. Among a number of inventions none of them has had so much impact and has triggered so much imagination as aviation. The flying machines were associated with the Idea of modernity. The article analyses some images produced between (1906-1930) with the aim of understanding the cultural changes that resulted from this new way of seeing the world.

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