el Whispering Clouds, Echoing Mountains: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Gonzalo Ariza’s Lyrical Landscapes

Próspero Carbonell
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This essay reevaluates the art of Gonzalo Ariza, a twentieth-century Colombian painter renowned for landscapes that merge Eastern and Western traditions. Challenging simplistic categorizations of his oeuvre as an “appropriated Japanese style,” my research argues that Ariza’s vision of landscape transformed into a contemplative attitude towards local Andean highlands after his return from Japan in 1938. It contextualizes the challenges Ariza faced when drawing inspiration from East Asian art amidst mid-twentieth-century modernist currents and political circumstances, shedding light on the critical narratives that marginalized his work and unraveling the complexities of Colombian modernism within a global art discourse. Building upon Warburg's concept of dynamograms to describe “pathos formula” in landscapes, this study argues that Ariza’s work transcends cultural boundaries, which links both traditions through the subtle emotions evoked by cloud-shrouded mountains, eliciting a universal appreciation for nature’s mystical splendor. Through cross-cultural comparison and an ecocritical lens, my essay delves into the interplay of transcultural exchange, nationalist identity, andrepresentations of nature in Ariza’s artworks, revealing his nostalgic proto-environmental consciousness. In doing so, it raises raising questions about the transformative power of landscape art to reflect and influence societal values and perspectives on nature within contemporary dialogues on environmental stewardship and the negotiation of cultural identity through art.
El Whispering Clouds, Echoing Mountains:贡萨洛-阿里萨的抒情风景跨文化分析
贡萨洛-阿里萨是二十世纪哥伦比亚画家,以融合东西方传统的风景画闻名于世。我的研究挑战了将其作品简单归类为 "挪用日本风格 "的做法,认为阿里萨在 1938 年从日本回国后,对风景的看法转变为对当地安第斯高原的沉思态度。研究将阿里萨在二十世纪中期现代主义思潮和政治环境下从东亚艺术中汲取灵感时所面临的挑战与背景相结合,揭示了将其作品边缘化的批判性叙事,并在全球艺术话语中揭示了哥伦比亚现代主义的复杂性。本研究以沃伯格描述风景画中 "悲怆公式 "的动态图概念为基础,认为阿里萨的作品超越了文化界限,通过云雾缭绕的山脉所唤起的微妙情感将两种传统联系在一起,激发了人们对大自然神秘壮丽的普遍赞美。通过跨文化比较和生态批评的视角,我的文章深入探讨了阿里萨艺术作品中跨文化交流、民族主义身份和自然表征的相互作用,揭示了他怀旧的原环境意识。在此过程中,文章提出了一些问题,即在当代关于环境管理和通过艺术协商文化身份的对话中,景观艺术反映并影响社会价值观和自然观的变革力量。
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