La mediterraneidad en el arte español del siglo XX

Abstract

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the heretige, society, culture and peculiarities of the Mediterranean world played a decisive role in the development of Iberian art. It helped define the work of the avantguard, the acceptance of new artistic practices and their necessary naturalization. Although it has never been precisely and concretely studied, the influence of a Mediterranean aura on artistic production in this century has been alternately discussed as a regional and peripheal art, as part of a concrete movement (noucentisme), or as an enduring constant in Spanish art. This paper attempts to analyze some of the salient characteristics of this subject, taking special note of two significant moments: the development of Catalan noucentisme and the inward turning of Spanish art in the post-civil war period.