Cuando se decidió celebrar la Exposición Iberoamericana de 1929 en Sevilla, Colombia, un país eminentemente exportador, decidió acudir con un pabellón propio.
El encargo del diseño se le hizo al arquitecto José Granados de la Vega y al aparejador Ángel Hoyuelas Martínez.
Granados de la Vega solicitó información al cónsul sobre la arquitectura de Colombia, e imaginó un edificio ecléctico con una mezcla de estilos de su país, logrando una mezcla entre elementos civiles en la estructura y elementos religiosos en la decoración, elementos que se le encargaron a un artista colombiano, Rómulo Rozo.
La cultura chibcha era la predominante en la zona conquistada y llamada Nueva Granada (meseta Cundinamarca, Bogotá). Rozo expresó en las estatuas, relieves, medallones y frisos la religiosidad del pueblo chibcha y resumió la flora y fauna de la zona.
Son varios los elementos que podemos ver en el Pabellón de Colombia. Hoy os traigo el friso de los indios chibchas, un relieve con dos indios disparando flechas con sus arcos y un jefe invocando a la divinidad.
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When it was decided to celebrate the 1929 Latin-American Exhibition in Seville, Colombia, an eminently exporting country, decided to come with an own pavilion.
The design was ordered to the architect Jose Granados de la Vega and to the rigger Ángel Hoyuelas Martínez.
Granados de la Vega requested information to the colombian consul aboutthe architecture of Colombia, and imagined an eclectic building with a mixture of styles of this country, achieving a mixture between civil elements in the structure and religious elements in the decoration, elements that werer ordered to a Colombian artist, Romulus Rozo.
The chibcha culture was the predominant one in the zone conquered by the spanish and was called New Granada (plateau Cundinamarca, Bogota).
Rozo expressed in the statues, reliefs, medallions and friezes the religiousness of the people chibcha and summarized the flowers and animals of the zone.
There are differents elements that we can see in the Pavilion of Colombia. Today I show the frieze of the Indians chibchas, a relief with two Indians shooting arrows with their arches and a chief invoking to the divinity.
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When it was decided to celebrate the 1929 Latin-American Exhibition in Seville, Colombia, an eminently exporting country, decided to come with an own pavilion.
The design was ordered to the architect Jose Granados de la Vega and to the rigger Ángel Hoyuelas Martínez.
Granados de la Vega requested information to the colombian consul aboutthe architecture of Colombia, and imagined an eclectic building with a mixture of styles of this country, achieving a mixture between civil elements in the structure and religious elements in the decoration, elements that werer ordered to a Colombian artist, Romulus Rozo.
The chibcha culture was the predominant one in the zone conquered by the spanish and was called New Granada (plateau Cundinamarca, Bogota).
Rozo expressed in the statues, reliefs, medallions and friezes the religiousness of the people chibcha and summarized the flowers and animals of the zone.
There are differents elements that we can see in the Pavilion of Colombia. Today I show the frieze of the Indians chibchas, a relief with two Indians shooting arrows with their arches and a chief invoking to the divinity.
