Métamorphoses de la chambre d’enfant dans l’imaginaire des artistes espagnols (1775-1936)
The world’s approach towards childhood invites us to explore the relationship between objects that compose it and the collective imagination it arouses, out of which comes the symbolic architecture of children and their place in society. The child's room represents a privileged witness to this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Association Française de Recherche sur les Livres et les Objets Culturels de l’Enfance (AFRELOCE)
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Strenae |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/strenae/832 |
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| Summary: | The world’s approach towards childhood invites us to explore the relationship between objects that compose it and the collective imagination it arouses, out of which comes the symbolic architecture of children and their place in society. The child's room represents a privileged witness to this relationship, since it is within such a framework of the family space (sometimes marvelous, sometimes distressing) that a child finds his refuge: an intimate place to carry out his fantasies and his playful universe. But it is notably from the artists' visions that the child's room becomes a system of representation linked to a given culture, at a given moment in the child’s history and the history of art.In this paper we begin with the example of certain paintings and drawings (some unpublished) of Spanish artists between the eighteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. This broad period is sufficient for understanding how the representations of a child's room in Spain began in aristocratic circles, at the same time as Goya's programmatic interest in bedroom decoration, and then established itself more closely and explicitly in bourgeois circles, especially under the gaze of Catalan artists. We’ll present a case study based on the works of R. Canals, R. Borrell, J. Mompou, J. Renart and L. Anglada.Our approach is intended as the first contribution to a much broader iconographic history, allowing us to point out rich links between the history of children, architecture and painting, each period expressing a specific conception of the room and a new status regarding the child’s place in society. |
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| ISSN: | 2109-9081 |