Creative collaboration: architects and artists-decorators in the public buildings of the 1930 and 1940
The article examines the collaboration between architects and visual artists that took place in the context of the construction of a series of public buildings during the 1930s and early 1940s in Argentina. We look into the aesthetic and ideological debates which underlay this modernizing trend of p...
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-2372020-04-17T23:53:09Z Creative collaboration: architects and artists-decorators in the public buildings of the 1930 and 1940 “Colaboración creadora”: arquitectos y artistas decoradores en los edificios públicos de los años 1930 y 1940 Duran, Cecilia Arquitectura Pública Artistas decoradores Art Déco integración de las artes Public architecture Artist decorators Art Deco Integration of the arts The article examines the collaboration between architects and visual artists that took place in the context of the construction of a series of public buildings during the 1930s and early 1940s in Argentina. We look into the aesthetic and ideological debates which underlay this modernizing trend of public architecture that found in the appeal to a renewed decoration (murals, stained glass windows, reliefs and sculptures) the keys to redefine the communicative capacity of the discipline in a moment in which modernization processes threatened to eliminate it. Several discussions are analized, some on the place of art in modern architecture, others on the role of public art in the embellishment of the city, its potential as a pedagogical instrument and at the same time as a means of political propaganda. The study of this trend shows that the aesthetic dimension of architecture had a fundamental role for this trend of architectural modernism, whose specific contribution has not been sufficiently valued by specialized historiography. We consider that such central importance was associated with the public nature of the artistic and architectural objects that were used by state and civil society institutions to communicate political ideas and spread social imaginaries through them. El artículo examina la colaboración entre arquitectos y artistas plásticos que tuvo lugar en el marco de la construcción de una serie de edificios públicos durante los años 1930 y comienzos de los 1940 en Argentina. Se analizan los debates estético-ideológicos de los que se nutrió esta tendencia modernizadora de la arquitectura pública, que encontró en la apelación a una renovada decoración (murales, vitrales, relieves y esculturas) las claves para refundar la capacidad comunicativa de la disciplina en un momento en que los procesos de modernización amenazaban con eliminarla. Se indagan distintas discusiones, algunas sobre el papel que debía ocupar el arte en la arquitectura moderna, otras sobre el rol del arte público en el embellecimiento de la ciudad, su potencial como instrumento pedagógico y a la vez como medio de propaganda política. El estudio de esta tendencia demuestra que la dimensión estética de la arquitectura tuvo un papel fundamental para esta línea del modernismo arquitectónico, cuyo aporte específico no ha sido suficientemente valorado por la historiografía especializada. Consideramos que tal centralidad estuvo asociada al carácter público de los objetos artísticos y arquitectónicos que fueron utilizados por instituciones estatales y de la sociedad civil para comunicar ideas políticas y difundir imaginarios sociales a través de ellos. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño 2018-12-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://revistasfaud.mdp.edu.ar/registros/article/view/237 Registros. Revista de Investigación Histórica; Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2018): Representar al Estado: arquitecturas, infraestructuras y algunos dilemas. México, Brasil, Chile y Argentina (1929-1973); 51-70 2250-8112 spa https://revistasfaud.mdp.edu.ar/registros/article/view/237/198 Derechos de autor 2018 Registros. Revista de Investigación Histórica |
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The article examines the collaboration between architects and visual artists that took place in the context of the construction of a series of public buildings during the 1930s and early 1940s in Argentina. We look into the aesthetic and ideological debates which underlay this modernizing trend of public architecture that found in the appeal to a renewed decoration (murals, stained glass windows, reliefs and sculptures) the keys to redefine the communicative capacity of the discipline in a moment in which modernization processes threatened to eliminate it. Several discussions are analized, some on the place of art in modern architecture, others on the role of public art in the embellishment of the city, its potential as a pedagogical instrument and at the same time as a means of political propaganda. The study of this trend shows that the aesthetic dimension of architecture had a fundamental role for this trend of architectural modernism, whose specific contribution has not been sufficiently valued by specialized historiography. We consider that such central importance was associated with the public nature of the artistic and architectural objects that were used by state and civil society institutions to communicate political ideas and spread social imaginaries through them. |
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