Reproductions in The Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes Discourse During Eduardo Schiaffino’s Administration

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  • Alejo Lo Russo Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Buenos Aires

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/25457888e057

Keywords:

art reproductions, museums, art history

Abstract

Over the fifteen years between 1895 and 1910, Eduardo Schiaffino was at the head of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, shaping a museum discourse using donated, bequeathed or acquired pieces. Regarding this last method of entry, we are interested in focusing on the projects to incorporate into the collection facsimile reproductions of European drawings from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and sculptural copies from different periods and cultural contexts. These decisions raise a series of questions regarding the roles assigned in the curatorial narratives of this period to these pieces, their interweaving with original works, as well as the theoretical foundation underlying the projects to incorporate them into the collection.

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Alejo Lo Russo, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Buenos Aires

Over the fifteen years between 1895 and 1910, Eduardo Schiaffino was at the head of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, shaping a museum discourse using donated, bequeathed or acquired pieces. Regarding this last method of entry, we are interested in focusing on the projects to incorporate into the collection facsimile reproductions of European drawings from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and sculptural copies from different periods and cultural contexts. These decisions raise a series of questions regarding the roles assigned in the curatorial narratives of this period to these pieces, their interweaving with original works, as well as the theoretical foundation underlying the projects to incorporate them into the collection.

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2024-12-18

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Lo Russo, . A. (2024). Reproductions in The Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes Discourse During Eduardo Schiaffino’s Administration. Armiliar, (8), e057. https://doi.org/10.24215/25457888e057

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No. 8 (2024): Armiliar 8

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