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Basándonos en un enfoque transnacional, en el presente escrito examinaremos los circuitos de circulación artística que conectaron Italia y Chile entre los siglos XIX y XX, analizaremos el rol de mediación cultural que la escultura tuvo entre dichos lugares, y evidenciaremos como esta disciplina se convirtió en un vehículo de transmisión privilegiado de repertorios visuales, técnicas y valores simbólicos. Nuestra indagación abracará las macro-áreas identificadas como los principales canales de difusión de la escultura italiana en América, que hemos adecuado al caso chileno eso es, monumento público, escultura sacra-funeraria e industrial, enseñanza, museos y exposiciones. Apoyándonos en fuentes primarias recopiladas en archivos de ambos países, nuestra propuesta considera la escultura como forma de agencia simbólica y cultural, capaz de articular identidades nacionales y memorias colectivas, lejos de ser entendida como mero objeto artístico, funcionando como vehículo de modernidad y legitimación cultural, y contribuyendo a la construcción de nuevas narrativas nacionales en el Chile emancipado.

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In this paper, we analyze the role of cultural mediation played by Italian sculpture in Chile between 1829 and 1929. Based on a transnational approach, we examine the artistic circulation networks that connected Italy and Chile, highlighting how sculpture became a privileged vehicle for the transmission of visual repertoires, techniques, and symbolic values. Our research focuses on the macro-areas identified as the main channels for the diffusion of Italian sculpture in America, adapted here to the Chilean case public monuments, sacred, funerary and industrial sculpture, education, museums, and exhibitions. Drawing on primary sources gathered from archives in both countries, we consider sculpture as a form of symbolic and cultural agency capable of articulating national identities and collective memories. According to our interpretation, Italian sculpture, far from being understood merely as an artistic object, functioned as a vehicle of modernity and cultural legitimation, contributing to the construction of new national narratives in nineteenth-century post-independence Chile.

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Title
Redes transnacionales de la escultura italiana en el espacio chileno (siglos XIX-XX)
Alternate title
Transnational networks of Italian sculpture in the Chilean space (19th–20th centuries)
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Publication title
Volume
37
Issue
4
Pages
835-850
Number of pages
17
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Section
Artículos
Publisher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Place of publication
Madrid
Country of publication
Spain
Publication subject
ISSN
1131-5598
e-ISSN
1988-2408
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-10-08
Milestone dates
2025-06-05 (Submitted); 2025-10-08 (Created); 2025-10-08 (Issued); 2025-10-08 (Modified); 2025-10-08 (Published)
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   First posting date
08 Oct 2025
ProQuest document ID
3264327745
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2025-11-07
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ProQuest One Academic