“La mudanza del encanto”: A Pictorial Interpretation Of The Andean Legends On The Floods Of Rivers

Authors

  • Francisco Crespo Quintero Universidad de Los Andes
  • Elsy Urdaneta Durán Universidad de los Andes
  • Miguel Eduardo Viloria Ramos

Keywords:

legends, plastic arts, cultural identity, Andes, Venezuela

Abstract

“La mudanza del encanto” is a painting made by Venezuelan painter Salvador Valero that brings all together the magical and religious elements from popular perception about the floods of rivers. In the Venezuelan Andes the popular belief establishes that the commotion that occurs with the flood of the rivers is due to the incantation that inhabits the river, which makes the river move as it migrates with its belongings and its people. This paper aims to analyze how the artist expresses this belief through the plastic work embodied in the painting, approaching an interpretation of the symbolic elements that are represented in art and culture. We conclude that “La mudanza del encanto” is an attempt to understand the circularity of creation: man is born from nature and is, himself, nature; life is born from water, but it also can disappear in it when it is not respected.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Crespo Quintero, Universidad de Los Andes

Sociólogo, profesor e investigador de la Universidad de Los Andes en Trujillo e investigador dentro de las líneas sociología de la música y cultura y mundo simbólico en América Latina.

Elsy Urdaneta Durán, Universidad de los Andes

Profesora titular de la Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela, y doctora por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España. Su actividad de investigación más reciente está relacionada con el tema de la representación del elemento agua en el cine.

Miguel Eduardo Viloria Ramos

DEA en historia del cine por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Pintor y dibujante. Sus últimas exposiciones lo han acercado a la investigación acerca de la representación plástica del elemento agua y su significación pictórica.

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Published

2017-10-10

How to Cite

Crespo Quintero, F., Urdaneta Durán, E., & Viloria Ramos, M. E. (2017). “La mudanza del encanto”: A Pictorial Interpretation Of The Andean Legends On The Floods Of Rivers. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencia, Tecnología Y Sociedad - CTS (Ibero-American Science, Technology and Society Journal), 12(35). Retrieved from https://ojs.revistacts.net/index.php/CTS/article/view/29

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Vol. 12 No. 35 (2017)

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