The catholic press and Spanish painting in the last third of the 19th century. Notes for a "fundamentalist" critique (part I)

Authors

  • Lola Caparrós Masegosa Departamento de Historia del Arte y Música. Universidad de Granada
  • Esperanza Guillén Marcos Departamento de Historia del Arte y Música. Universidad de Granada

Keywords:

Realist painting, Church, Catholic press, Criticism, Aesthetic conservatism, National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, Artistic genres, National Exhibition of Fine Arts (Madrid), National Exhibition of Fine Arts (Madrid

Abstract

A study of the critiques of the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts held after the Revolution of 1868 provides us with useful knowledge of the evolution of artistic creation and reception in the political and social situation of the time in Spain. The Catholic press, which was extremely conservative, showed itself unable to assimilate the Church's loss of influence. Consequently, it launched a series of bitter attacks on realist art, using moral and pedagogical arguments, and on the changes in genres which bourgeois taste was promoting. The present article analyses the reactions in the Catholic press to the National Exhibitions held between 1871 and 1878.

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Published

2006-11-03

How to Cite

Caparrós Masegosa, L., & Guillén Marcos, E. (2006). The catholic press and Spanish painting in the last third of the 19th century. Notes for a "fundamentalist" critique (part I). Cuadernos De Arte De La Universidad De Granada, 37, 179–195. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/caug/article/view/8739

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