The AEG and the installation of a modernizer view in Chile
This paper proposes an alternative vision of the entrance of the modern project related to the presence of the German firm AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) and the inescapable link of this company with the figure of the German architect and designer Peter Behrens, one of the main drivers...
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Universidad Diego Portales
2019
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| Acceso en liña: | https://www.revista180.udp.cl/index.php/revista180/article/view/564 |
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| Summary: | This paper proposes an alternative vision of the entrance of the modern project related to the presence of the German firm AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) and the inescapable link of this company with the figure of the German architect and designer Peter Behrens, one of the main drivers of the modern avant-garde.This installation of a modern imaginary is possible to notice in Chile, where by means of graphics, buildings and objects, the AEG was extended during the first decades of the 20th century in national territory, developing a modernizing process that today can be verified in these manifestations.The methodology used is based on bibliographic review and discussion, text content analysis of documentation related to the AEG collected in the Historisches Archiv of the Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin.In the case of architecture, works were registered in Santiago and Berlin, and then compared in their materiality and structure.The most relevant conclusions point to consider the existence of a modernizing imaginary that was installed in Chile through the circulation of editorial products, images, the presence of architecture and the technical development of the German AEG industry, revealing the importance of the work of Peter Behrens in fostering a sense of modern design.This installation was limited to few recipients; however, it had a broad scope in the material and visual culture of a particular moment in the history of Chile, reflecting the industrial aspiration in these images and buildings. |
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