Publication: La inquietante presencia de la muerte. Su representación en el arte uruguayo en tiempos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
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Rey Ashfield, William
Kaplan Stein, Daniela
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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El impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Uruguay ha sido tradicionalmente estudiado por la historiografía desde su costado socioeconómico, existiendo un gran vacío al respecto de su huella en el espacio cultural y artístico. El presente artículo se propone analizar, precisamente, aquellos cambios del corpus artístico uruguayo en relación con las representaciones de la muerte –en términos iconográficos, formales y expresivos– a partir de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Por un lado, se estudian vertientes iconográficas relacionadas a la presencia explícita de la muerte, mientras que por otro se sugiere una serie de obras en las que se desarrollan tópicos y atmósferas que se vinculan de manera indirecta, aunque sin aludir llanamente a ella. Es en este caso donde destaca la presencia melancólica de una manera omnipresente.
The impact of the Second World War in Uruguay has traditionally been studied from its socio-economic angle, although there is still a great void regarding its impact on the cultural and artistic space. This article sets out to analyze the changes in the corpus of Uruguayan art in relation to representations of death –iconographically and expressively– since the Second World War. On the one hand, we study iconographic aspects related to the presence of death, while on the other, we suggest a series of works in which topics and atmospheres have indirect links to it. In this case, it is important the presence of melancholy by way of omnipresent form.
The impact of the Second World War in Uruguay has traditionally been studied from its socio-economic angle, although there is still a great void regarding its impact on the cultural and artistic space. This article sets out to analyze the changes in the corpus of Uruguayan art in relation to representations of death –iconographically and expressively– since the Second World War. On the one hand, we study iconographic aspects related to the presence of death, while on the other, we suggest a series of works in which topics and atmospheres have indirect links to it. In this case, it is important the presence of melancholy by way of omnipresent form.
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Atrio. Revista de Historia del Arte, ISSN-e 2659-5230, ISSN 0214-8293, Nº. 29, 2023, págs. 404-427




