La geografía artística en América: el legado de Kubler y sus límites

Abstract

The artistic geography of America is one of the many topics that George Kubler suggested for study. Some of Kubler’s ideas in diverse essays are examined by Kaufmann, who reiterates the necessity of reformulating geographic maps according to a different criterion from that of political borders. The studies of artistic routes and locations must not only be related to the Iberian peninsula, but to all of Europe. Taking into consideration “the shape of time” in architecture, Kaufmann also analyzes other ideas such as “provincialism”, as explained by Erwin Walter Palm. The essay examines the origins and possibilities of artistic geography and considers the main elements that should be taken into account when one outlines artistic maps of Europe as well as America.