Ciencia, folklore y taxidermia en el arte plumario europeo de los siglos XVII-XX. Los ejemplares conservados en España y su vinculación con la técnica Tian-Tsui
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La investigación sobre arte plumario europeo se ha materializado en la presente tesis doctoral titulada “Ciencia, folklore y taxidermia en el arte plumario europeo de los siglos XVII-XX. Los ejemplares conservados en España y su vinculación con la técnica Tian-Tsui”. El punto de partida de estos estudios ha sido la investigación realizada en torno ala Colección de láminas con mosaicos de plumas, de temática ornitológica, conservada en el Archivo del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (MNCN-CSIC). El trabajo de identificación de esta colección se ha realizado complementado con el uso de técnicas analíticas de identificación de materiales. Todo ello ha reportado la necesidad de iniciar estudios en castellano sobre estas desconocidas producciones enmarcadas en un contexto de artesanías del folklore, principalmente centroeuropeo y germanohablante; en este caso concreto en la actual República Checa. Un componente estilístico orientalista en el modelo de representación había generado la creencia y sospechas de un origen asiático para esta colección durante más de 200 años. Esta vinculación se basó, probablemente, en la visión de unas producciones chinas concretas que llegaron al Real Gabinete de Historia Natural (RGHN)desde Filipinas, junto con otras piezas del Nuevo Mundo, a través de la ruta comercial conocida como el Galeón de Manila. Entre las piezas que llegaron a Sevilla, y posteriormente a Cádiz, se encontraban los cuadros y pantallas chinas decorativas realizadas con la técnica tian-tsui (o dian-cui), manufacturadas principalmente con plumas de martín pescador...
Research on European feather art has materialised in this Doctoral Programme with the completion of this thesis entitled “Science, folklore and taxidermy in European feather art from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The specimens preserved in Spain and their link with the Tian-Tsui technique”.The starting point of these studies has been the research carried out on the Collection of sheets with mosaics of feathers with ornithological themes kept in the Archive of the National Museum of Natural Sciences-Higher Council for Scientific Research (MNCN CSIC). The work of identifying this collection has been carried out and has been extended with analytical techniques for identifying materials and that have reported the need to start studies in Spanish on these unknown productions that are framed in a context of folklore crafts, mainly Central European and German-speaking; in this specific case in the current Czech Republic. An orientalist stylistic component in the representation model had generated the belief and suspicion of an Asian origin for thisc ollection for more than 200 years. This link was probably based on the vision of specific Chinese productions that arrived at the Real Gabinete de Historia Natural (RGHN) from the Philippines, together with other pieces from the New World, through the trade route known as the Galeón de Manila. Among the pieces that arrived in Seville, and later in Cadiz, were the decorative Chinese paintings and screens made using the tian-tsui (ordian-cui) technique, manufactured mainly with kingfisher feathers...
Research on European feather art has materialised in this Doctoral Programme with the completion of this thesis entitled “Science, folklore and taxidermy in European feather art from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The specimens preserved in Spain and their link with the Tian-Tsui technique”.The starting point of these studies has been the research carried out on the Collection of sheets with mosaics of feathers with ornithological themes kept in the Archive of the National Museum of Natural Sciences-Higher Council for Scientific Research (MNCN CSIC). The work of identifying this collection has been carried out and has been extended with analytical techniques for identifying materials and that have reported the need to start studies in Spanish on these unknown productions that are framed in a context of folklore crafts, mainly Central European and German-speaking; in this specific case in the current Czech Republic. An orientalist stylistic component in the representation model had generated the belief and suspicion of an Asian origin for thisc ollection for more than 200 years. This link was probably based on the vision of specific Chinese productions that arrived at the Real Gabinete de Historia Natural (RGHN) from the Philippines, together with other pieces from the New World, through the trade route known as the Galeón de Manila. Among the pieces that arrived in Seville, and later in Cadiz, were the decorative Chinese paintings and screens made using the tian-tsui (ordian-cui) technique, manufactured mainly with kingfisher feathers...
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