Del costumbrismo a la academia
Subtitle: hacia la creación de la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes
By: curaduría, Miguel Huertas Sánchez
Contributors: Huertas, Miguel, curator
Publisher: Museo Nacional de Colombia
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Bogotá]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9789587531633
Subjects: Colombian Art; Exhibitions; History; Art; Study and teaching (Higher); Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (Colombia)
Description: The exhibition presents over one hundred works that offer a journey through Colombian art from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. This exhibition presents a selection of over one hundred drawings, paintings and sculptures that offer an overview of the history of the creation of the National School of Fine Arts, the institutions most notable characteristics and the consequences of adopting the academic canon for teaching art in Colombia in the late nineteenth century.Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of the creation of the National School of Fine Arts in Colombia, founded in 1886, as part of a project that promised to bring civilization, progress and peace to the nation. In this sense, the exhibition highlights the role of the school as that of educating a generation of artists who would go on to transform the arts in Colombia. Furthermore, it invites visitors to reflect on how the academy continues to influence contemporary artistic and pedagogical practices. The exhibition includes notable drawings, sketches, prints and paintings from the art collection of the National Museum that are rarely on display.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Museo Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, from December 5, 2014 to February 15, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63).
Table of contents: title: La pintura antes de la Escuela de Bellas Artes; title: Torres Mendez y el costumbismo; title: Luis García Hevia, historia y fotografía; title: De los publicistas a los especialistas; title: Origenes del sistema académico en Colombia; title: No es lo mismo "Academia" que "Escuela"; title: El modelo academista en Colombia; title: "El dibujo y sus ámbitos"; title: La Academia Francesa: un modelo a seguir; title: Academia versus Costumbrismo; title: La enseñanza del dibujo en la Escuela de Bellas Artes; title: La verdad academista y la verdad fotográfica; title: Algunas influencias directas; title: La flexibilidad del canon academista; title: La pintura de historia; title: La cotidianidad de la Escuela; title: A manera de conclusión; title: Notas; title: Bibliografía; title: [Catalog].