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The Autos sacramentales reached their second splendour period during the “first Francoism”, given their propagandist power. Their connections to the Empire, their evocation of a glorious past, and their political and religious resonances associated them with the prevailing National Catholicism. These were played in several of the dictatorship official acts, and some of them, such as those with sceneries created by painter Victor Cortezo, introduce some controversial features which have linked their art to a modernity which was rarely seen during this period. The painter’s creations also highlight the performing arts’ capacity of transgression within the strictness of the Franco dictatorship.||Los autos sacramentales gozaron durante el “primer franquismo” de una segunda época de esplendor relacionada con su poder propagandístico. Su conexión con el Imperio, su evocación de un pasado glorioso y su exaltación político-religiosa los asociaban con las principales directrices de la ideología nacionalcatólica imperante. Representados en distintos actos de la dictadura, algunos de ellos, como los decorados por el pintor Víctor Cortezo, presentan características controvertidas que pueden ser explicadas por su vínculo con una modernidad pocas veces planteada para el arte de ese período. Las creaciones de este artista ponen de relieve la capacidad transgresora de las artes escénicas dentro de la más férrea oficialidad de la dictadura franquista.The Autos sacramentales reached their second splendour period during the “first Francoism”, given their propagandist power. Their connections to the Empire, their evocation of a glorious past, and their political and religious resonances associated them with the prevailing National Catholicism. These were played in several of the dictatorship official acts, and some of them, such as those with sceneries created by painter Victor Cortezo, introduce some controversial features which have linked their art to a modernity which was rarely seen during this period. The painter’s creations also highlight the performing arts’ capacity of transgression within the strictness of the Franco dictatorship.
