Papers by Claudia Cendales Paredes
Bauhaus 100+1 Reverberaciones Latinoamericanas, 2024
https://www.documenta-archiv.de/de/aktuell/neuigkeiten/3632/zum-tod-von-fernando-botero, 2023
MOTION: MIGRATIONS -- Proceedings of the 35th CIHA World Congress of Art History, São Paulo, Session 3, pp. 214-226, 2023
This text focuses on plant hunters and the relationship to their valuable
booty: ornamental plant... more This text focuses on plant hunters and the relationship to their valuable
booty: ornamental plants. Following Arjun Appadurai, in this context,
ornamental plants can be considered commodities. Based on this, the first part of this text analyzes the trajectory of ornamental plants, especially tropical orchids in Latin America, including their social life and importance in the 19th century. The second part focuses on plant hunters and their activities, based on various documents, travel reports, correspondence, illustrations, biographies, and secondary sources. Finally, it explores the relationship between hunters and a valuable booty — ornamental plants. It investigates the narratives behind images and texts that justified an approach to the environment and ornamental plants, almost leading to the destruction and extinction of some varieties.
Urban Exile - Theories, Methods, Research Practices, 2023
This book chapter centres a city not known for immigration, Bogotá, and focusses on some case stu... more This book chapter centres a city not known for immigration, Bogotá, and focusses on some case studies and works of exiled and migrant artists who arrived there in the 1930s and 1940s.
https://metromod.net/2022/07/30/series-5/, 2022
Oskar and Otto Marmorek were two architects who, although related, never met but had a great deal... more Oskar and Otto Marmorek were two architects who, although related, never met but had a great deal in common. The Marmorek family was an assimilated Jewish family that came from the region of Galicia, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 19th century and is now divided between Poland and Ukraine. Galicia was a multinational region of which the Jewish population was an important part.
Oskar Marmorek (1863–1909) was born in Skala-Podilska (present-day Ukraine). In 1875 Oskar and his family moved to Vienna, where he attended the architecture section of the Technische Hochschule. At the beginning of his career, he established a reputation principally as an exhibition architect. In 1897 Oskar came into contact with Theodor Herzl and became involved in Zionism. Oskar also obtained several commissions for residential and commercial buildings in Vienna, such as the Nestroyhof (1908) and the Rüdigerhof (1902) and was one of the most active architects of his time in the city.
Oskar’s second cousin, Otto Marmorek (1917–1945), was born in Vienna in 1917. His grandparents moved to Vienna from Galicia around 1875. Otto completed his studies at the construction section of the HTL Mödling (present-day name) and at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. Following the Nazi occupation of Austria, the Marmorek family lived in a situation of constant fear. Otto eventually received a visa for Colombia and arrived in Bogotá with no money or knowledge of Spanish in mid-1938. He quickly made friends in Bogotá, received several commissions and worked successfully in various architectural offices until his early death.
The connection between Oscar and Otto Marmorek is based not only on their same profession, but also on their common Ukrainian and Jewish origins, which shaped both their personal as well as their professional lives.
HISTORIA CULTURAL DE COLOMBIA 1880-1930 - asocolhistoria.org
Desde mediados del siglo XIX se concibe el cuerpo sano y fuerte del individuo como un requisito i... more Desde mediados del siglo XIX se concibe el cuerpo sano y fuerte del individuo como un requisito inaplazable para contribuir al progreso del país. A través de la beneficencia, así como por medio de reformas higiénicas y morales, que prohíban o fomenten determinadas prácticas se pretenderá “enseñar” un comportamiento “adecuado” y se intentará crear cuerpos sanos. Es por esto que si bien hasta ese momento el control
del tiempo libre no es un tema relevante en un discurso religioso o político, este hecho empezará a cambiar drásticamente en las primeras décadas del siglo XX. El parque público tendrá gran relevancia en ese contexto puesto que se implementará como un instrumento con una doble función: para enseñar un comportamiento “adecuado”, en términos de urbanidad y “civilización” y servir como termómetro de los mismos; así
como para “sanar” física y espiritualmente al individuo por medio de la vegetación y algunas prácticas deportivas. Esta ponencia se enfocará en el parque público en Bogotá a finales del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX e indagará con fuentes de la época como revistas y periódicos, así como con fuentes secundarias, el papel del parque público como dispositivo con el que se elabora un discurso, que propaga una modernidad y progreso relacionados con el cuerpo y su directa relación con la ciudad.
Aus den Gärten - Informationen für Freunde der Herrenhäuser Gärten e.V., 2016
Hermann Wendlands Abenteuer in Costa Rica und der Pflanzenjäger Horich.
Herrenhausen-Research-Fel... more Hermann Wendlands Abenteuer in Costa Rica und der Pflanzenjäger Horich.
Herrenhausen-Research-Fellowship: Dr. Claudia Cendales Paredes
aus Kolumbien berichtet von ihrer Forschung in Hannover, p. 8
Von Herrenhausen in die Welt – Gärten und Gartenkultur im Spiegel der Sommerakademie Herrenhausen 2015 und 2016, 2018
Die Recherchen zu dem Vortrag "Der Pflanzen- und Blumenaustausch und die Einführung exotischer Bl... more Die Recherchen zu dem Vortrag "Der Pflanzen- und Blumenaustausch und die Einführung exotischer Blumenarten in der Gartenkunst zwischen 1850 und 1930: Lateinamerika und Europa" am 28. Juli 2016 im Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hannover und zu dem Artikel "Die Reisenotizen aus Lateinamerika von zwei Pflanzensammlern des Herrenhäuser Berggartens in Hannover: Hermann Wendland und Clarence K. Horich" enstanden 2016 während eines dreimonatigen Aufenthalts in Hannover als Stipendiatin des Herrenhausen Research Fellowships, das die Freunde der Herrenhäuser Gärten e.V. in Kooperation mit dem CGL vergeben
in: Großmann, G. Ulrich & Krutisch, Petra (Ed.), The challenge of the Object/Die Herausforderung des Objekts / CIHA Congress proceedings - Part 2, Nuremberg 2013, p. 454-457
Garden History, 40/2
The British gardener Robert Thomson (1840–1908) visited Colombia and its capital,
Bogotá, on sev... more The British gardener Robert Thomson (1840–1908) visited Colombia and its capital,
Bogotá, on several occasions, but this paper is dedicated to his work and plans during his
stay there in 1893 when he hoped to be offered the post of Superintendent of the Public
Gardens and Parks of Bogotá. These gardens and parks had been established a few years
before his arrival in 1893 and all had common functions and structures, having mainly
been remodelled from the former plazas of colonial times. Thomson made suggestions for
the improvement of their design and planting, including the use of European species; and
for the collection, cultivation, and distribution of the economic and indigenous plants of
Colombia. By analysis of the statements of Thomson and others this paper evaluates his
contribution to the development of Bogotá’s public gardens and parks at the end of the
nineteenth century.
Paisagem e Ambiente: ensaios, n. 29 (2011), p. 25-38, 2011
Este artículo trata sobre la aparición, desarrollo y significado de los parques públicos de Bogot... more Este artículo trata sobre la aparición, desarrollo y significado de los parques públicos de Bogotá a finales del siglo XIX, que resultaron de la conversión de las antiguas plazas coloniales. De igual manera demostrará que paralelamente a este fenómeno existía un amplio panorama del arte de la jardinería en Bogotá, que incluía la exigencia de creación de parques acordes a las necesidades reales de la ciudad
O artigo trata da aparição, desenvolvimento e significado dos parques públicos em Bogotá do final... more O artigo trata da aparição, desenvolvimento e significado dos parques públicos em Bogotá do final do século XIX até o século XX, demonstrando sua importância social e urbanística e caracterizando os elementos mais importantes de seu desenho
Im neunzehnten Jahrhundert erlebte Bogota ein explosionsartiges Bevölkerungswachstum, die Stadtfl... more Im neunzehnten Jahrhundert erlebte Bogota ein explosionsartiges Bevölkerungswachstum, die Stadtfläche hat sich jedoch nicht vergrößert. Das führte mit einer mangelhaften Infrastruktur zu einer Verschlechterung der hygienischen Zustände. Die Anlage von Grünflächen und Parks sollte zu einer Verbesserung der Lebensumstände beitragen. Ihre Formensprache orientierte sich an europäischen Anlagen, gleichzeitig wurden nach Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit identitätsstiftende Gestaltungselemente eingesetzt.
Talks by Claudia Cendales Paredes
This lecture is about the role of memorial monuments which were erected in the plazas of some Lat... more This lecture is about the role of memorial monuments which were erected in the plazas of some Latin American cities after Independence from colonial powers. It investigates how these monuments contribute to form a cultural identity and also asks if they still have the same function. Some Latin American cities were built by the Spanish or Portuguese colonial powers on a grid system organized spatially by the rectilinear colonial grid that emanated from a central main square, surrounded by a territory divided into large, square fields. The main square represented also in a symbolic way the center of the city. It was the central location of administration and religious celebrations, and was intended to function as a demonstration of their colonial power.
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Latin American countries obtained their Independency. The first step for their autonomous identity was the denial of the colonial form language. The construction of memorial monuments representing heroes of Latin American Wars of Independence expressed the desire for a new profile of the young nations. Many of these memorial monuments replaced sacred figures, which were erected in the colonial plazas of the Latin American cities. The memorial monuments representing heroes of Latin American Wars of Independence were normally designed by European sculptors in accordance to European prototypes. Were these European prototypes exported and adapted? Could citizens identify and relate to them? From whom and were these monuments created? Today there are still many memorial monuments in Latin-American cities; do they still play an identity role? These questions will be handled in this lecture.
Los parques y jardines públicos de Bogotá han jugado un papel importante desde finales del siglo ... more Los parques y jardines públicos de Bogotá han jugado un papel importante desde finales del siglo XIX como parte del espacio público y de la identidad de la ciudad. Esta ponencia tratará sobre los parques y jardines públicos de Bogotá desde 1886 hasta 1938 un espacio temporal, que resulta de dos hechos importantes en la historia del país y de la ciudad. Se mostrará el surgimiento de los parques públicos, los actores que intervinieron en su creación, así como los elementos de su diseño, entre otros la vegetación y el mobiliario, así como las posteriores reformas de los parques,realizadas en el lapso de tiempo nombrado. Igualmente se tratará la función de los parques, así como los aspectos políticos y sociales relevantes, que conllevaron a la exigencia de creación de parques o a su realización. El objetivo de esta ponencia es trazar un panorama de la escasamente investigada historia jardinística colombiana y enmarcarla en un contexto internacional.
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Papers by Claudia Cendales Paredes
booty: ornamental plants. Following Arjun Appadurai, in this context,
ornamental plants can be considered commodities. Based on this, the first part of this text analyzes the trajectory of ornamental plants, especially tropical orchids in Latin America, including their social life and importance in the 19th century. The second part focuses on plant hunters and their activities, based on various documents, travel reports, correspondence, illustrations, biographies, and secondary sources. Finally, it explores the relationship between hunters and a valuable booty — ornamental plants. It investigates the narratives behind images and texts that justified an approach to the environment and ornamental plants, almost leading to the destruction and extinction of some varieties.
Oskar Marmorek (1863–1909) was born in Skala-Podilska (present-day Ukraine). In 1875 Oskar and his family moved to Vienna, where he attended the architecture section of the Technische Hochschule. At the beginning of his career, he established a reputation principally as an exhibition architect. In 1897 Oskar came into contact with Theodor Herzl and became involved in Zionism. Oskar also obtained several commissions for residential and commercial buildings in Vienna, such as the Nestroyhof (1908) and the Rüdigerhof (1902) and was one of the most active architects of his time in the city.
Oskar’s second cousin, Otto Marmorek (1917–1945), was born in Vienna in 1917. His grandparents moved to Vienna from Galicia around 1875. Otto completed his studies at the construction section of the HTL Mödling (present-day name) and at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. Following the Nazi occupation of Austria, the Marmorek family lived in a situation of constant fear. Otto eventually received a visa for Colombia and arrived in Bogotá with no money or knowledge of Spanish in mid-1938. He quickly made friends in Bogotá, received several commissions and worked successfully in various architectural offices until his early death.
The connection between Oscar and Otto Marmorek is based not only on their same profession, but also on their common Ukrainian and Jewish origins, which shaped both their personal as well as their professional lives.
del tiempo libre no es un tema relevante en un discurso religioso o político, este hecho empezará a cambiar drásticamente en las primeras décadas del siglo XX. El parque público tendrá gran relevancia en ese contexto puesto que se implementará como un instrumento con una doble función: para enseñar un comportamiento “adecuado”, en términos de urbanidad y “civilización” y servir como termómetro de los mismos; así
como para “sanar” física y espiritualmente al individuo por medio de la vegetación y algunas prácticas deportivas. Esta ponencia se enfocará en el parque público en Bogotá a finales del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX e indagará con fuentes de la época como revistas y periódicos, así como con fuentes secundarias, el papel del parque público como dispositivo con el que se elabora un discurso, que propaga una modernidad y progreso relacionados con el cuerpo y su directa relación con la ciudad.
Herrenhausen-Research-Fellowship: Dr. Claudia Cendales Paredes
aus Kolumbien berichtet von ihrer Forschung in Hannover, p. 8
Bogotá, on several occasions, but this paper is dedicated to his work and plans during his
stay there in 1893 when he hoped to be offered the post of Superintendent of the Public
Gardens and Parks of Bogotá. These gardens and parks had been established a few years
before his arrival in 1893 and all had common functions and structures, having mainly
been remodelled from the former plazas of colonial times. Thomson made suggestions for
the improvement of their design and planting, including the use of European species; and
for the collection, cultivation, and distribution of the economic and indigenous plants of
Colombia. By analysis of the statements of Thomson and others this paper evaluates his
contribution to the development of Bogotá’s public gardens and parks at the end of the
nineteenth century.
Talks by Claudia Cendales Paredes
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Latin American countries obtained their Independency. The first step for their autonomous identity was the denial of the colonial form language. The construction of memorial monuments representing heroes of Latin American Wars of Independence expressed the desire for a new profile of the young nations. Many of these memorial monuments replaced sacred figures, which were erected in the colonial plazas of the Latin American cities. The memorial monuments representing heroes of Latin American Wars of Independence were normally designed by European sculptors in accordance to European prototypes. Were these European prototypes exported and adapted? Could citizens identify and relate to them? From whom and were these monuments created? Today there are still many memorial monuments in Latin-American cities; do they still play an identity role? These questions will be handled in this lecture.
booty: ornamental plants. Following Arjun Appadurai, in this context,
ornamental plants can be considered commodities. Based on this, the first part of this text analyzes the trajectory of ornamental plants, especially tropical orchids in Latin America, including their social life and importance in the 19th century. The second part focuses on plant hunters and their activities, based on various documents, travel reports, correspondence, illustrations, biographies, and secondary sources. Finally, it explores the relationship between hunters and a valuable booty — ornamental plants. It investigates the narratives behind images and texts that justified an approach to the environment and ornamental plants, almost leading to the destruction and extinction of some varieties.
Oskar Marmorek (1863–1909) was born in Skala-Podilska (present-day Ukraine). In 1875 Oskar and his family moved to Vienna, where he attended the architecture section of the Technische Hochschule. At the beginning of his career, he established a reputation principally as an exhibition architect. In 1897 Oskar came into contact with Theodor Herzl and became involved in Zionism. Oskar also obtained several commissions for residential and commercial buildings in Vienna, such as the Nestroyhof (1908) and the Rüdigerhof (1902) and was one of the most active architects of his time in the city.
Oskar’s second cousin, Otto Marmorek (1917–1945), was born in Vienna in 1917. His grandparents moved to Vienna from Galicia around 1875. Otto completed his studies at the construction section of the HTL Mödling (present-day name) and at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. Following the Nazi occupation of Austria, the Marmorek family lived in a situation of constant fear. Otto eventually received a visa for Colombia and arrived in Bogotá with no money or knowledge of Spanish in mid-1938. He quickly made friends in Bogotá, received several commissions and worked successfully in various architectural offices until his early death.
The connection between Oscar and Otto Marmorek is based not only on their same profession, but also on their common Ukrainian and Jewish origins, which shaped both their personal as well as their professional lives.
del tiempo libre no es un tema relevante en un discurso religioso o político, este hecho empezará a cambiar drásticamente en las primeras décadas del siglo XX. El parque público tendrá gran relevancia en ese contexto puesto que se implementará como un instrumento con una doble función: para enseñar un comportamiento “adecuado”, en términos de urbanidad y “civilización” y servir como termómetro de los mismos; así
como para “sanar” física y espiritualmente al individuo por medio de la vegetación y algunas prácticas deportivas. Esta ponencia se enfocará en el parque público en Bogotá a finales del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX e indagará con fuentes de la época como revistas y periódicos, así como con fuentes secundarias, el papel del parque público como dispositivo con el que se elabora un discurso, que propaga una modernidad y progreso relacionados con el cuerpo y su directa relación con la ciudad.
Herrenhausen-Research-Fellowship: Dr. Claudia Cendales Paredes
aus Kolumbien berichtet von ihrer Forschung in Hannover, p. 8
Bogotá, on several occasions, but this paper is dedicated to his work and plans during his
stay there in 1893 when he hoped to be offered the post of Superintendent of the Public
Gardens and Parks of Bogotá. These gardens and parks had been established a few years
before his arrival in 1893 and all had common functions and structures, having mainly
been remodelled from the former plazas of colonial times. Thomson made suggestions for
the improvement of their design and planting, including the use of European species; and
for the collection, cultivation, and distribution of the economic and indigenous plants of
Colombia. By analysis of the statements of Thomson and others this paper evaluates his
contribution to the development of Bogotá’s public gardens and parks at the end of the
nineteenth century.
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Latin American countries obtained their Independency. The first step for their autonomous identity was the denial of the colonial form language. The construction of memorial monuments representing heroes of Latin American Wars of Independence expressed the desire for a new profile of the young nations. Many of these memorial monuments replaced sacred figures, which were erected in the colonial plazas of the Latin American cities. The memorial monuments representing heroes of Latin American Wars of Independence were normally designed by European sculptors in accordance to European prototypes. Were these European prototypes exported and adapted? Could citizens identify and relate to them? From whom and were these monuments created? Today there are still many memorial monuments in Latin-American cities; do they still play an identity role? These questions will be handled in this lecture.