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The power of collecting through sculpture, comparison between iberian society and present

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La presente comunicación compara el concepto de coleccionismo entre la sociedad ibérica (siglos VII-I a. C) y la sociedad actual, desde el punto de vista de la representación escultórica. Diferencia la sociedad que crea obras artísticas y quiere exhibirlas, de la sociedad que sólo quiere poseerlas, así como el rol de diferentes tipos de coleccionistas, públicos, privados y desconocidos, y la influencia que ha tenido en ellos el mercado del arte y la práctica del coleccionismo como educación y enriquecimiento cultural de la sociedad.This communication compares the Iberian (6th-1st century BC) concept of collecting to our current behaviors, from the point of view of the sculptural representation. We difference between a society that creates works of art and want to display them, and a society who just wants to possess this kind of objects. The study also deals with the role of different types of collectors (public, private and unknown) and about how have they influenced by the art market, as well as the importance of the practice of collecting as education, in order to promote cultural social values

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