Arte y Memoria Histórica: monumentos financiados por el Ministerio de Presidencia del Gobierno de España durante el periodo 2006-2011

Abstract

The dissertation Art and Historical Memory. Monuments funded by the Ministry of the Presidency of the Government of Spain during the period 2006-2011, examines the memorials to the victims of the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship that were built during a specific period, and the validity of the subsidies linked to Law 52/2007, which recognised and extended rights and measures in favour of those who suffered persecution or violence during the civil war and Franco’s dictatorship. It deals with artistic production during a period in which certain public policies and the debate that arose around them generated a favourable context for artistic creation and its inclusion in places of memory. The present study’s hypothesis is that the related pieces are not static commemorative objects but dynamic landmarks for reflection and debate and capable of linking different historical moments, as well as provoking identification and rejection...