Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age

Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age

The 18th and 19th Centuries witnessed the birth of a Spanish architecture historiography that is in tight connection with the existence of an architectural imaginary –though this has not always been taken into account. The technique of engraving was an essential tool for the transmission of images a...

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Main Author: Miriam Cera Brea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2013-06-01
Series:Anales de Historia del Arte
Subjects:
arquitectura
españa
grabado
estampa
historiografía.
Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/41901
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spelling doaj-79308aee5a2744dc92fc961282fd2a8e2020-11-25T03:28:31ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridAnales de Historia del Arte0214-64521988-24912013-06-01230375010.5209/rev_ANHA.2013.v23.4190141018Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern AgeMiriam Cera Brea0Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Departamento de Historia y Teoría del ArteThe 18th and 19th Centuries witnessed the birth of a Spanish architecture historiography that is in tight connection with the existence of an architectural imaginary –though this has not always been taken into account. The technique of engraving was an essential tool for the transmission of images and knowledge before the invention and popularization of photography. This transmission becomes particularly important in the field of architecture, which due to its nature is inherent to the space it is located in. Therefore, in this paper we will study what kind of images were reproduced, and specially which constructions were chosen to be spread, in order to get an approach to the <em>visual memory</em> of Spanish architecture during the Modern Age, which was at the base of the mentioned historiography.http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/41901arquitecturaespañagrabadoestampahistoriografía.
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Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age
Anales de Historia del Arte
arquitectura
españa
grabado
estampa
historiografía.
author_facet Miriam Cera Brea
author_sort Miriam Cera Brea
title Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age
title_short Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age
title_full Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age
title_fullStr Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age
title_full_unstemmed Visual memory of the Spanish architecture in the engravings of the Modern Age
title_sort visual memory of the spanish architecture in the engravings of the modern age
publisher Universidad Complutense de Madrid
series Anales de Historia del Arte
issn 0214-6452
1988-2491
publishDate 2013-06-01
description The 18th and 19th Centuries witnessed the birth of a Spanish architecture historiography that is in tight connection with the existence of an architectural imaginary –though this has not always been taken into account. The technique of engraving was an essential tool for the transmission of images and knowledge before the invention and popularization of photography. This transmission becomes particularly important in the field of architecture, which due to its nature is inherent to the space it is located in. Therefore, in this paper we will study what kind of images were reproduced, and specially which constructions were chosen to be spread, in order to get an approach to the <em>visual memory</em> of Spanish architecture during the Modern Age, which was at the base of the mentioned historiography.
topic arquitectura
españa
grabado
estampa
historiografía.
url http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/41901
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