Identidad Nacional en la 'Sociedad del Espectáculo'. Representaciones de Venezuela en las Exposiciones Internacionales del siglo XIX

Abstract

In 1830 Venezuela attracted the commercial interests of Europe and the United States through mechanisms like the International Exhibitions: expression of national identity, progress and modernity. In the following article images refl ected self-identifi cation through the architectural styles of Venezuelan pavilions are discussed, the space of its exhibition and the nature of the those, characteristics that shows a number of contradictions between the outside and inside by fast changes occurred, complex and disjointed experienced by this nation to join the advanced world and show society.