La revalorización del medievo en la estética masónica: Inglaterra y Escocia (siglos XIX y XX)

Abstract

This essay reflects, from a multidisciplinary and holistic perspective, how the medievalism interacts with the aesthetics of Freemasonry from its origins to 20th century, as a group with a supranational identity, principally in Great Britain – England and Scotland. Freemasonry, considered as one of the first “social network”, emerged in contemporary society of the pre-Enlightenment in England (1717), draw a global map of corporatism – whether philanthropic, educational, ethical, moral and even political senses could met there – with the principles and aesthetic values associated with arts and architecture. This aspects generates in Freemasonry, a national identity, a strong debate and revaluation of the Medieval culture in Europe, where freemasons as Walter Scott claimed the Gothic as the unique style.

Keywords

• freemasonry
• Gothic revival
• architecture
• aesthetics
• universalism
• national identity