{"id":291,"date":"2016-09-08T07:46:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T07:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/?p=291"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:28:12","slug":"miguel-de-cervantes-de-la-vida-al-mito-1616-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2016\/09\/08\/miguel-de-cervantes-de-la-vida-al-mito-1616-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel de Cervantes: de la vida al mito (1616-2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-258e4d99 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-da4c956d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5eaea892 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Miguel de Cervantes: de la vida al mito (1616-2016)<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-template-part\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3f968af1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/2016\/09\/08\/miguel-de-cervantes-de-la-vida-al-mito-1616-2016\/\"><time datetime=\"2016-09-08T07:46:34-04:00\">September 8, 2016<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">by<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Ram\u00f3n B\u00e1rcena Colina<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/category\/reviews\/exhibition-review\/\" rel=\"tag\">Exhibition review<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"alignright wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Open books inside a glass case inside a room. Photo by Photo by mali maeder.\" style=\"border-radius:25px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Exhibition_Stock-Photo-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Miguel de Cervantes: de la vida al mito (1616-2016)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Biblioteca Nacional de Espa\u00f1a (Madrid)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><em>4 March\u201322 May 2016<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bne.es\/es\/Actividades\/Exposiciones\/Exposiciones\/exposiciones2016\/Cervantes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibition<\/a> has been put together jointly by Biblioteca Nacional de Espa\u00f1a (BNE) and Acci\u00f3n Cultural Espa\u00f1ola (AC\/E) within the framework of a programme of activities held throughout the year to commemorate the fourth&nbsp;centenary of Cervantes&#8217;s death. The focus on the prominent author encompasses a three-folded perspective. The man, the personage and the myth are presented with the purpose of providing the spectator with a global vision of the impact of his legacy in the Western World, where his imperishable memory remains associated to the culture of Spain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept spreads out an impressive gathering of documents, books, sculptures, photographs, oil paintings, and other artifacts related to the genius. Many pieces come from the holdings of the national library, the main document centre on Hispanic written, graphic and audio-visual heritage. The collection includes other objects granted by most important international archives and institutions \u2013 Archivo General de Simancas, Archivo Hist\u00f3rico Nacional, Archivo General de Indias, Real Academia Espa\u00f1ola, Museo del Prado, Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France (BNF) and British Museum, amongst others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miguel de Cervantes: de la vida al mito (1616-2016)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3lUvV5l6Em8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entering the exhibit room the audience is welcomed by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra himself, who introduces the structural axes of the experimental experience. The preluding space opens by placing the figure, of noble origin but impoverished \u2013 he was a&nbsp;<em>hidalgo<\/em> \u2013, his military and political career at the very heart of the Monarqu\u00eda Hisp\u00e1nica and his literature in the context of the Golden Age. The visitor gets spontaneously a sense of who the man of letters was when discerning between real and false autographs, researching into administrative files or studying the first works, his novelistic and theatrical production or the last imprints. The successive sections make the viewer privy to the soldier and the captive, the collector of ballads and the traveler, while paying attention to substantial matters \u2013 the genres which he cultivated, his relation with contemporaries, or the rapprochement to religious orders. As it is widely known, Cervantes did not get in life the recognition which he deserved as the best writer of all time in the Spanish language. Unfortunately, he passed by alone and was buried anonymously. Further, the carefully delineated itinerary gives insight to the Battle of Lepanto, the captivity in Argel, and the different stages on which the events of his existence took place, such as Valladolid or Madrid. The centerpieces are allegedly the certificate of baptism lent by the City Council of Alcal\u00e1 de Henares and a <em>libro de difuntos<\/em>&nbsp;[book of the deceased] loaned by the Convent of Barefoot Trinitarians. Of course, a privileged interest is addressed to the Quixote \u2013 how could it be otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wonderful and suggestive materials show, to end the route, the symbolic construction of a complex and multifaceted personality. We can witness to a rich variety of portraits representing the author \u2013 judged veritable from the description he made of himself in the <em>Novelas Ejemplares<\/em> in 1613. Engravings in the English editions of the <em>magnum opus<\/em> of 1738 recall that England was a pioneer to acknowledge his mastery, publishing a biography written by Gregorio Mayans y Siscar, a major representative of the first Enlightenment in Spain \u2013 together with Benito Jer\u00f3nimo Feijoo. Later, the Hispano-Moroccan War (1859-1960) and the Crisis of 1898 would contribute crucially to turn Cervantes and his creation, <em>Don Quijote<\/em>, into lasting and enduring representations of Spain. Last but not least, we are still invited to investigate the material presence of this giant of the art of writing in Madrid, embodied in the statue erected in front of the Congress of Deputies in 1835 and the monument raised in Plaza de Espa\u00f1a in 1929.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the beauty and merit of this exhibit lies probably in the pertinent selection and exquisite execution what makes it particularly valuable is the delicate and refined curating, blossoming in a flowing journey on the life and works of Cervantes. Notwithstanding, a more risky and innovative approach going beyond the conventional manners of central agencies would have surely been highly appreciated not only by scholars but also by the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Ram\u00f3n B\u00e1rcena Colina<br><em>Universidad de Cantabria<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miguel de Cervantes: de la vida al mito (1616-2016) at the Biblioteca Nacional de Espa\u00f1a, Madrid (4 March\u201322 May 2016).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-post-template-reviews","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1891],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibition-review"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5006,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/5006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpweb.org\/sharpnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}