Nuevos enfoques sobre el Barroco y la (Pos)Modernidad

Abstract

A whole imagery and a series of theoretical tendencies, that have become surprisingly current in recent decades, have been shaped by reflection on Baroque aesthetics through the twentieth century. This article traces the trajectory of the recuperation of the Baroque from the second half of the nineteenth century, beginning with Buckhardt and Nietzsche and ending with the debate about Posmodernity. Inside the frame of this clustered panorama, that includes several twentieth-century writers, Fernando R. de la Flor's last two studies on strategies of representation in Counter-Reformation Spain will be discussed. As a conclusion, a way of understanding Baroque in relation to twentieth-century theories of Posmodernity is proposed.