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“‘...to not only tell, but also to show, to show plenty...’ The Magic Lantern as a Teaching Tool in Art History around 1900

espanolEl surgimiento de la linterna magica como herramienta para la educacion en historia del arte durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX se produce dentro del contexto mas amplio de diferentes iniciativas para la reforma pedagogica que ponian el enfasis en la educacion visual. Este estudio gira en torno a los requisitos de infraestructura previos para la divulgacion a gran escala de las diapositivas de linterna magicas de la epoca, que hacian posible introducir diapositivas sobre historia del arte en el aula como apoyo a la do-cencia. A continuacion, se presenta el contexto general de los debates pedagogicos en el campo de la edu-cacion sobre arte durante esa epoca en Alemania, que constituian la base de las iniciativas de reforma. En la ultima parte, el articulo se centra en el desarrollo practico de las clases de historia del arte con image-nes proyectadas y en la forma en que transformo la relacion entre el profesor, la obra de arte como obje-to de su discurso y los alumnos. EnglishThe emergence of the magic lantern as a tool for art historical teaching in the second half of the nine-teenth century occurs within a larger context of pedagogical reform efforts that promoted visual educa-tion. This contribution looks at the infrastructural prerequisites for the large-scale dissemination of magic lantern slides at the time, which made possible the introduction of art historical slides as teaching aids. Subsequently, it presents the larger context of pedagogical debates within the field of art education at the time in Germany, which were at the basis of reform initiatives. In the final part, this article looks at the performance practice of art historical lectures with projected images, and the way they transformed the re-lationship between the teacher, the artwork as object of the teacher’s discourse, and the students.

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