The hero and the image of nationalism in Colombia. The sculptures at Centennial Park and at the Park of Independence, (1883-1910).

• Thesis title in Czech: The hero and the image of nationalism in Colombia. The sculptures at Centennial Park and at the Park of Independence, (1883-1910).
• Thesis title in English: The hero and the image of nationalism in Colombia. The sculptures at Centennial Park and at the Park of Independence, (1883-1910).
• Key words: Colombia; Nineteenth century; Pantheon of heroes; Simón Bolívar; National identity; Parks and Public Spaces; Sculptures and Monuments.
• English key words: Colombia; Nineteenth century; Pantheon of heroes; Simón Bolívar; National identity; Parks and Public Spaces; Sculptures and Monuments.
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2013/2014
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of General History (21-USD)
• Supervisor: prof. Markéta Křížová, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 12.05.2014
• Date of assignment: 12.05.2014
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 25.05.2015
• Date and time of defence: 09.09.2015 14:00
• Date of electronic submission: 07.08.2015
• Date of proceeded defence: 09.09.2015
• Submitted/finalized: committed by worker on behalf on and finalized
• Opponents: prof. PhDr. Josef Opatrný, CSc.

Guidelines

The main goal of the Master thesis is to analyze and determine the relationship between the construction of the pantheon of heroes in Colombia and the attempted consolidation of nationalism in the period between 1880 and 1910. This problem will be analyzed through a case study focused in two parts of Bogotá’s public space: The Centennial Park, which was built in 1883 to celebrate 100 years of Simon Bolivar´s birth, and the independence Park, erected in 1910 to celebrate the centenary of the independence of Colombia.
The project tries to answer the following question: What is the relationship between the consolidation of a pantheon of heroes in Colombia and the creation of a national identity between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century? Through the selected case study, it is expected to make a historical narration that brings relevant information about the process of negotiation and construction of the parks, and also, the impact generated in the city with the arrival of the sculptures that were located in these public spaces. At the same time, it will be analyzed the genealogy of the images of sculptures that represented some Colombian historical characters that were designed and built by some French sculptors for the two celebrations. Finally, the narrative will show how was made the opening of the sculptures and parks in each case, the uses of these areas between 1883 and 1910, and the changes of these parks during the period studied.

The sources will be chosen according to three moments that are going to be developed within the research:
1. before the celebration; the negotiation and selection of the institutions; the projects for the parks.
2. The iconographic genealogies of the images of the sculptures.
3. The opening; discourses and meanings of the spaces; the uses of the spaces; the relationship between the sculptures and the parks.

References

Conceptual Framework:
· ANDERSON, BENEDICT. Imagined Communities, Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Verso Editions. 1983.
· CENTENO, MIGUEL A. y FERRARO, AGUSTÍN E. State and Nation making in Latin America: Republics of the possible. New York. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
· CAMPBELL, JOSEPH. El héroe de las mil caras: psicoanálisis del mito. Traducción de Luisa Josefina Hernández. Buenos Aires, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1959.
· COLMENARES, GERMAN. Las convenciones contra la cultura: ensayos sobre la historiografía hispanoamericana del siglo XIX. Bogotá, Tercer Mundo Editores, 1987.
· TANNER, VOIONMAA and FLORA, LIISA. Escultura pública: del monumento conmemorativo a la escultura urbana, Santiago, 1792 – 2004. Santiago de Chile. Ocho Libros Editores. 2005.

Historiography about the parks:
· VANEGAS CARRASCO, CAROLINA. Arte y política a mediados del siglo XIX en la Nueva Granada: el caso del “Bolívar de Tenerani”. Ponencia presentada en el congreso Ciencias, tecnologías y culturas. Diálogo entre las disciplinas del conocimiento. Mirando al futuro de América Latina y el Caribe. Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 29 de octubre al 1 de noviembre de 2010.
· VANEGAS CARRASCO, CAROLINA. Representaciones de la Independencia y la construcción de una “imagen nacional” en la celebración del centenario en 1910.
· CENDALES PAREDES, CLAUDIA. Creación y significado de los parques públicos en Bogotá: Un análisis desde finales del siglo XIX hasta 1930. Artículo publicado en Arquitextos. Diciembre de 2011. http://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/arquitextos/12.138/4135

Primary Sources:
· COMISIÓN CENTENARIO. Primer centenario de la Independencia Colombiana, 1810-1910. Bogotá. Escuela Tipográfica salesiana. 1911.
· LEÓN-GÓMEZ, ADOLFO. El punto céntrico: en el Parque del Centenario de Bogotá. Bogotá, Revista Gris, Vol.2 No. 3. Marzo de 1894.
· ORTEGA DIAZ, ALFREDO. Santafé y Bogotá. Bogotá. Revista el Gráfico, Vol. 44 No. 436. Octubre 1918.
· CARO, JOSÉ EUSEBIO. Busto del Parque de la Independencia. Revista el Gráfico, Bogotá, Vol. 7 No. 334. Marzo. 1917.
· Journal Papel Periódico Ilustrado. Bogotá. 1881 – 1888.
· PÁRAMO, ROBERTO. Colection of Paintings that represents the Centennial Park. Property of the art Collection of the Banco de la República. Roberto Páramo (1859-1939). Bogotá.
· REY, GLORÍA HELENA. El quiosco de la luz. Periódico el Tiempo, Apartado Lecturas Dominicales. Julio 16, 2005.
· RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO. Estatua de Simón Bolívar. Grabado en madera, (xilografía)
· Revista Cromos. El Bosque de la Independencia. Vol. 10, No. 233. Octobre 1920.
· ZAMBRANO PANTOJA, FABIO. El kiosko de la luz y el discurso de la modernidad. Bogotá, Alcaldía Local de Santafé, 2002.
· SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES FRANCAIS. Compte-rendu des travaux de la Société des artistes français. París. Francia. 1884-19..
· VERLET, CHARLES-RAOUL. Recueil. Oeuvre de R. Verlet. Paris. S.f.
· SICARD, FRANCOIS. Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Raoul Verlet (1857-1923), par M. François Sicard, membre de l'Académie. Lue dans la séance du samedi 26 octobre 1929. Paris. Tipografía. Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1929.
· VERLET, CHARLES-RAOUL. Notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de M. Emmanuel Frémiet,... par M. Raoul Verlet,... lue dans la séance du 20 décembre 1913. Paris. Tipografía. Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1913.