The Colombian Corographical Commission and the Héliographique French Mission: two national projects in the light of the positivism of the 19th century

The Colombian Corographical Commission and the Héliographique French Mission: two national projects in the light of the positivism of the 19th century

The aim of this article is to compare the Colombian Corographic Commision and the French Mission Héliographique as state enterprises that used important visual and aesthetic components to back their objectives. These two projects, seen under the light of nineteenth-century positivism, meant to surve...

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Main Author: Verónica Uribe Hanabergh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín 2016-01-01
Series:Historia y Sociedad
Subjects:
seen under the light of nineteenth-century positivism
meant to survey their countries using geography and architecture respectively
as basic landscape elements to build the modern nation. Images
elements of survey and power
are understood here as the main link to understand the coincidence of the birth of these projects both at the same time
with very similar purposes
Corographic Commision
Mission Héliographique
Colombia
France
positivism
photography
Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/53810/54411

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