Keywords
Sculpture
Bogota
Laureano Gómez
naiad
Buritica
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Abstract
Rebeca is one of Bogota’s most traditional sculptures.The Ministry of Infrastructure, with the conservativepolitician Laureano Gomez at its head,bought it in 1926 to place it in a strategic setting.But by choosing a neoclassic piece they establishedthat particular aesthetic as socially acceptedand they turned their backs to other artistic expressions.The text also goes over the imaginaries thathave been created around the sculpture and, usingpublic documents from that time, it sets straightthe piece’s authorship, which had been wronglyattributed for over 50 years.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose, provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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