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Etiopía
África Occidental
Columnatas
Metalistería
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La hermosa ciudad de Charleston, en Carolina del Sur, fue construida por esclavos africanos y las dolorosas relaciones históricas entre arquitectura clásica y esclavitud han llevado a algunos críticos a considerar el clasicismo como racista. Sin embargo, el artista negro contemporáneo Jonathan Green propuso una nueva forma de ver los edificios de Charleston: como testimonio de la creatividad y la adaptabilidad de quienes fusionaron las tradiciones arquitectónicas africanas, como los porches con columnatas y los trabajos en metal, con las europeas. Siguiendo a Green, este artículo recorre una serie de vínculos arquitectónicos transatlánticos forjados durante la época de los imperios. Muchos países africanos, desde Etiopía a Ghana, desarrollaron grandes arquitecturas clásicas que pasaron a Europa y América a través de las migraciones o la publicación de libros. Los diseños afroamericanos también volvieron a África, a veces con acentos europeos, y encontraron una compatibilidad con las tradiciones autóctonas. Como decía Green, una hermosa verdad surge de este estudio: la arquitectura tradicional es más grande que el racismo. Es africana, americana y humana.
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