Ciudades imaginadas en la literatura y en las artes

Inventory of architectural patrimony and popular culture in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The first part is devoted to architecture and monuments from Pre-Columbian , colonial, 19th and 20th century, with emphasis on Pre-Columbian cultures. Includes mural art and some information on archival holdings. The second half is devoted to folkart, crafts, local culinary history, folklore, fiestas at the village, town, city and state levels.

Profusely illustrated, this historical work focuses on the planning and construction of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, during the second half of the 16th century—when Madrid went from being a mercantile town to the capital of the Hapsburg Empire. Including a detailed analysis of archived documents, architectural plans, and drawings, this study chronicles this monument's architectural and urban development, explains the symbolism associated with it, and reveals how it came to be a model for other European constructions. Profusamente ilustrada, esta obra histórica enfoca el planeamiento y ...

Escrito en Montreal recoge una muestra del trabajo de los estudiantes del seminario de posgrado Critical Writing (Escritura Crítica) que enseña el Profesor Ricardo L. Castro en la Escuela de Arquitectura de McGill University, sobre temas de escritura en arquitectura, especialmente narrativa de, y sobre, lugar. La ciudad de Montreal ha sido consistentemente el lugar a explorar. El trabajo de los participantes del seminario, que corresponde al semestre de otoño de 2013, combina experiencia de lugar con reflexiones teóricas e históricas sobre lugares urbanos. Los ensayos cortos de los...

London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as Modernisme. Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in Barcelona Art Nouveau. This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style,...