Studies of Peruvian art in chairs of the Letters and History sections, of the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Letters (1931-1937)

Abstract

The objective of the research is the bibliographic review to show that the studies of Peruvian art flourished with the influence of the chairs of the sections: Letters and History (1931-1935) of the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Letters of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. The analysis methodology follows the proposalof the historiography of art, disseminated by Hermann Bauer. The results record that the theoretical works of: José de la Riva-Agüero, Rebeca Carrión Cachot and Julio César Tello, seek to narrate the national artistic history from scientific methodologies supported by archaeological and historical disciplines. In this way, it was sought to narrate the national artistic history from the greatness of the art developed in Ancient Peru, Viceregal art andRepublican art. The sources consulted correspond to the Domingo Angulo Historical Archive of a local university, books, magazines (1930-1937), and critical studies by contemporary and contemporary intellectuals. The conclusion is that, within the chronological range of 1931-1937, the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Letters developed the necessary conditions to develop the importance of the visual arts of the past, thus proposing our artistic history as a process that began with the cultures of ancient Peru.