The National University of the Arts, in
Spanish
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: ''UNA - Universidad Nacional de las Artes'', formerly known as IUNA - Instituto Universitario Nacional de las Artes, is an
Argentine
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university
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established in 1996 as an incorporation of various national institutions dedicated to the teaching of
fine arts
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.
The origins of the current UNA University lay in the 1875 founding of the
National Society of the Stimulus of the Arts
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by painters
Eduardo Schiaffino
Eduardo Schiaffino (1858-1935) was an Argentine painter, critic, intellectual and historian. A member of a group known as the ''Generation of '80'', he founded the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires and sparked the development of pai ...
,
Eduardo Sívori
Eduardo Sívori (October 13, 1847 – June 5, 1918) was an Argentine artist widely regarded as his country's first realist painter.
Life and work
Born to Genoese immigrants in Buenos Aires, Sívori had harbored artistic leanings during childho ...
, and others. Their
guild
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was rechartered as the National Academy of Fine Arts in 1905 and, in 1923, on the initiative of painter and academic
Ernesto de la Cárcova
Ernesto de la Cárcova y Arrotea (March 3, 1866 – December 28, 1927) was an Argentine painter of the Realist school.
Life and work
Ernesto de la Cárcova was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1866. Taking an early interest in the canvas, h ...
, as a department in the
University of Buenos Aires
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, the Superior Art School of the Nation.
The latter in 1927 created the Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture. In 1936 theatre director
Antonio Cunill Cabanellas
Antonio Cunill Cabanellas (August 27, 1894 – February 18, 1969) was an influential Spanish-Argentine playwright, theatre actor, director and instructor.
Life and work
Cunill Cabanellas was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1894. His father, Juan Cuni ...
founded the National Institute of Theatrical Studies. These institutions of
Performing Arts
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, including the
Carlos López Buchardo
Carlos Félix López Buchardo (October 12, 1881 – April 21, 1948) was an Argentine composer of Classical music whose work was inspired by native music. He founded the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música in Buenos Aires, an instituti ...
National Conservatory of Music, the National Institute of Superior Education and Folklore, the
María Ruanova National Institute of Superior Education and Dance, and the National Institutes of
Liberal Arts Education
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, all united forming the new National University of the Arts, ''"Universidad Nacional de las Artes"'', issued in 1996 by Argentina's Ministry of Education.
Departments
* Audiovisual Arts
http://audiovisuales.una.edu.ar/
* Dramatic Arts
http://dramaticas.una.edu.ar/
* Kinetic Arts
http://movimiento.una.edu.ar/
* Music
https://musicalesysonoras.una.edu.ar/
* Visual Arts
http://visuales.una.edu.ar/
* Art Criticism
http://criticadeartes.una.edu.ar/
* Folklore
http://folklore.una.edu.ar/
* Educators Program
http://formaciondocente.una.edu.ar/
* Multimedia
http://multimedia.una.edu.ar/
* Writing Arts
http://artesdelaescritura.una.edu.ar/
* The
http://carcova.una.edu.ar/
Notable alumni
*
Eduardo Arnosi, music critic, radio personality, and writer on music
See also
*
List of Argentine universities
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Nationwide
Public
*National Techno ...
References
External links
Official website
Argentine national universities
Art schools in Argentina
Arts schools in Argentina
Education in Buenos Aires
Educational institutions established in 1996
Universidad Nacional de las Artes
Universities in Buenos Aires Province
1996 establishments in Argentina
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