Lucía Bernardi

Art and Landscape: Possible Views from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Lucía Bernardi

(with Gonzalo Vicci – University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay)

Abstract:

This paper explores the relationship between art and landscape in the context of Uruguay, highlighting how national artists have reflected and transformed the natural environment in their visual production over time. From the first landscape artists of the nineteenth century, such as Juan Manuel Blanes and Pedro Figari, to the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century, landscape has become a central theme in the construction of a cultural and national identity. Uruguayan art has gone beyond the simple representation of landscape, integrating reflections on the country’s social, political and ecological tensions. Today, contemporary artists continue to use landscape as a means to explore the interaction between nature, urbanization and collective memory. This approach allows us to analyse the role of art as a pedagogical tool in art education, promoting reflection on the relationship between the natural, the cultural and the social in the formation of students. In this sense, art and landscape in Uruguay offer a rich perspective to address issues of identity, environmental change and social context in education. This proposal is based on an interdisciplinary approach where art education and landscape as specific disciplines, converge in an integrative look with the aim of deepening the links, relationships and challenges that are present in the education of students.