Cristóbal Colón, figura de la libertad americana. Elaboración de un imaginario político en tiempos de la Independencia (1784-1830)

Since 1992, the image of Christopher Columbus seems to be the focus of hatred towards the Hispanic legacy in the Hispanic American countries. Such a position is not surprising considering that the discoverer of the New World provided George Washington, Francisco de Miranda, and Simón Bolívar with an ideal face to represent American freedom in the face of monarchical absolutism. To understand the paradox, this article first explores Miranda's fascinating face-à-face with the “great Colombo,” where aesthetics contracted politics: Columbia, and later Colombia, were thought along the lines of the classical tradition and its romantic interpreters. Then, it examines how Juan García del Río adapted to the Mirandino project and to Bolívar's will stated in the Jamaican Letter to offer “a tribute of justice and gratitude to the creator of our hemisphere”

Art · Historical Studies in Latin America

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