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Tango in the patio in 1900 |
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36 x 22 x 2 in |
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This is a fragment of a bigger relief depicting a dance in the patio of a tenement of immigrant workers in Buenos Aires ca 1900.
The conventillo, or tenement, became a widespread living arrangement around 1870, as a result of the large numbers of immigrants that entered the port of Buenos Aires after 1860. (Between 1857 and 1924, Eurpoean immigration to Argentina totaled 5,481,280. In addition, at the beginning of the century, industry attracted an important number of internal migrants from the provinces to the city of Buenos Aires.)
Around the 1870's, the upper classes moved in huge numbers from the south side of the city of Buenos Aires to the north side, leaving their old antiquated homes and colonial mansions, which were then rented room by room to the newcomers. Thus, the conventillo was born.
The origins of Tango are complex. Historians agree that its remote roots lie in the Afro-Cuban rhythms of the Danzon and the Habanera. The words of a famous Tango state: "It's cradle was a conventillo, lit by kerosene."
The Tango expressed the hopes, fears, and views of these immigrant peoples, who mixed with their host population giving rise to the sociological mosaic that characterized Buenos Aires at the turn of the century.
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