"The development of professional arts education in Chile has been characterized by a sustained institutionalization led by the state. Indeed, since the second half of the 19th century, the presence and activities of the state has shaped the formation of the modern artistic system in the country...

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Hauptverfasser:	Berríos González, Pablo (VerfasserIn), Vargas Márquez, Natalia (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2020
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1849-1959 Kunsthochschule Künstler Ausbildung Chile
Zusammenfassung:	"The development of professional arts education in Chile has been characterized by a sustained institutionalization led by the state. Indeed, since the second half of the 19th century, the presence and activities of the state has shaped the formation of the modern artistic system in the country. From the creation of higher education institutions to the establishment of competitions and the awarding of prizes, a large part of the institutional framework of the arts—its production, circulation, and preservation—was determined by the legislation that tried to generate a specific social space for the arts. This legislation played a central role in the different stages of modernization of the cultural field; that legislation helped create a social division of labor by differentiating practices, conceptual frameworks, and the type of organization that regulated the arts, its learning apparatuses, and its social distribution. In this way, a distinction was made between levels of art education: a higher level aimed at the production of professional artists, and a social one focused on the construction of a national imaginary with diverse characteristics. In this respect, since the 19th century, the higher education in visual arts in Chile was restricted only to the professional training in the field; however, it also claimed to ensure the modernization of society by generating spaces that made reception and circulation of artistic production possible. Fine arts education in Chile between 1849 and 1959 developed from a productive specialization that generated a specific social space for the arts, in which the state played a decisive role in founding institutions that make up the nation’s modern art system. [...]"
Beschreibung:	Illustration
ISBN:	978-0-815-37416-9