Libros de PAÍSES: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

CONSOLIDACION DEL BARROCO EN LA ESCULTURA ANDALUZA E HISPANOAMERICANA, LA

Con el título 'La consolidación del Barroco en la escultura andaluza e hispanoamericana' la Editorial Universidad de Granada (eug) publica un libro, coordinado por ...

PLANNING CHICAGO

Urban planning was born in Chicago, but today's city is not the product of Daniel Burnham or Mrs. O'Leary's cow. It's the Rust Belt ...

HOFMANN: HANS HOFMANN. MAGNUS OPUS

Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) es sin duda uno de los pintores abstractos más importantes del siglo XX. Nacido en Weissenburg, Alemania, asistió a la escuela ...

KAHLO: FRIDA KAHLO

A major proponent of the Mexican Renaissance, wife of Diego Rivera, communist, and pioneer of emancipation'the colorful life and work of Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) ...

MEXICAN PRINTS OF POSADA AND MANILLA

This substantial compilation features more than 150 cartoons and illustrations in book and digital formats by Mexico's greatest printmakers during the period 1890-1915. Professional ...

OVERDRIVE. L.A. CONSTRUCTS THE FUTURE 1940-1990

This is a fascinating and intelligently illustrated study of architectural innovation in Los Angeles. From 1940 to 1990, Los Angeles rapidly evolved into one ...

POUILLON: THE STONES OF FERDINAND POUILLON : AN ALTERNATIVE MODERNISM IN FRENCH ARCHITECTURE

Providing a new insight into twentieth-century architecture, this is the first book in English on the work of French architect Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986). It ...

THE NEW ENGLISH GARDEN

I n The New English Garden the leading garden writer Tim Richardson, author of The Arcadian Friends, discusses twenty-five significant English gardens made or ...

IRELAND AND THE PICTURESQUE : DESIGN, LANDSCAPE PAINTING, AND TOURISM, 1700-1840

That Ireland is picturesque is a well-worn cliche, but little is understood of how this perception was created, painted and manipulated during the long ...

GARDENS OF A CHINESE EMPEROR. IMPERIAL CREATIONS OF THE QIANLONG ERA 1736-1796

The Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanming Yuan) in the western suburbs of the Qing capital, Beijing, was begun by the great Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) ...

ARCADIAN AMERICA : THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL TRADITION

Perhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the ...

LICHTENSTEIN: ROY LICHTENSTEIN SCULPTOR

An exceptional selection of Lichtensteins sculptures from 1968 to the end of the artists life, from early ceramic sculptures to large-scale public works. The ...

HELIO OITICICA AND NEVILLE D' ALMEIDA. BLOCK EXPERIMENT IN COSMOCOCA- PROGRAM IN PROCESS

Hlio Oiticica (1937--1980) occupies a central position in the Latin American avant-garde of the postwar era. Associated with the Rio de Janeiro-based neo-concretist movement ...

GUINARD & SANER. DE AEDIBUS Nº 49

Since the famous, cubic landmark beside the Gotthard South motorway service station was built in 1998 following an international competition, Pascal Guignard und Stefan ...

MORGER+ DETTLI. DE AEDIBUS Nº 48

Most of the high-quality buildings developed since 2006 by Meinrad Morger and Fortunat Dettli are skilful, accomplished declinations of tasks in a rough urban ...

RECUPERO DEI CENTRO STORICI. BRASILE E ITALIA, ESPERIENZE A CONFRONTO

MAGRITTE. THE MYSTERY OF THE ORDINARY 1926- 1938

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collaboration with The Menil Collection, Houston, and ...

DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO. ARCHITECTURE AFTER IMAGES

In Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images, Edward Dimendberg offers the first comprehensive treatment of one of the most imaginative contemporary design studios. ...

THE ENGLISH SEASIDE

There is a powerful sense of place at the seaside. You know what to expect. Fishing villages usually have a pier, boats, lobster pots, ...

THE SULTAN'S ISTANBUL ON FIVE KURUSH A DAY

Welcome to the exotic world of Istanbul in the year 1750! Palaces & mosques, coffee houses and baths - this is your pocket guide ...