The National University of the Arts, in

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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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established in 1996 as an incorporation of various national institutions dedicated to the teaching of fine arts. The origins of the current UNA University lay in the 1875 founding of the

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by painters

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, and others. Their

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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

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, as a department in the

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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 founded the National Institute of Theatrical Studies. These institutions of Performing Arts, including the

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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, 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 Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture
http://carcova.una.edu.ar/

Notable alumni

* Eduardo Arnosi, music critic, radio personality, and writer on music

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 {{Argentina-university-stub

Departments

Notable alumni

See also

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