Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Joseph Monteyne. . | Michele H. Bogart.
Date
2011-05-01
Keywords
Art History | 19th century, Araucanian, CaupolicÇn, Chilean Art, Sculpture, The Last of the Mohicans | 19th century, Araucanian, Caupolicǭn, Chilean Art, Sculpture, The Last of the Mohicans
Department
Department of Art History and Criticism
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71587
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Caupolicǭn, the statue created in the nineteenth century by the Chilean sculptor Nicanor Plaza, is considered one of the most popular works of Chilean public statuary. However, the historical trajectory of the statue reveals that the statue was not originally conceived of as a public monument, nor was it even originally intended to represent the historical Native American figure of Caupolicǭn, for whom it was named. Instead, its first identity appears to have been the last of the Mohicans, a character taken from James Fenimore Cooper's novel of the same name. This study explores the circumstances in which the statue became known by these two different identifications and the way in which the statue known as Caupolicǭn became known as one of the most emblematic images of Chilean national identity. | CaupolicÇn, the statue created in the nineteenth century by the Chilean sculptor Nicanor Plaza, is considered one of the most popular works of Chilean public statuary. However, the historical trajectory of the statue reveals that the statue was not originally conceived of as a public monument, nor was it even originally intended to represent the historical Native American figure of CaupolicÇn, for whom it was named. Instead, its first identity appears to have been the last of the Mohicans, a character taken from James Fenimore Cooper's novel of the same name. This study explores the circumstances in which the statue became known by these two different identifications and the way in which the statue known as CaupolicÇn became known as one of the most emblematic images of Chilean national identity.
Recommended Citation
Drien, MarcelaA., "Caupolicǭn: Shaping the Image of National Identity in Chilean Public Art | CaupolicÇn: Shaping the Image of National Identity in Chilean Public Art" (2011). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 792.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/792