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1.

Latin America in Its Architecture » Read Now
by Roberto Segre, Fernando Kusnetzoff, Edith Grossman. 204 pgs.

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...plan for a volume on Latin American architecture, recognized this situation...vision of the situation in Latin American architecture. The Social and Historical...colonial...
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Art in Latin American Architecture » Read Now
by Paul F. Damaz. 234 pgs.

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...Art in Latin American Architecture Art in Latin American Architecture By Paul F. Damaz Preface By Oscar Niemeyer...study of the integration of the arts in modern Latin...
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Mesoamerican Architecture as a Cultural Symbol » Read Now
by Jeff Karl Kowalski. 416 pgs.

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In this collection, prominent scholars provide new interpretations and useful syntheses of many of the most significant Mesoamerican architectural traditions from the Preclassic to the Postclassic periods. The essays examine the built environment as a carrier of cultural meanings. The many...
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In this collection, prominent scholars provide new interpretations and useful syntheses of many of the most significant Mesoamerican architectural traditions from the Preclassic to the Postclassic periods. The essays examine the built environment as a carrier of cultural meanings. The many pyramid-temples, palaces, and ballcourts comprising Mesoamerican centers were constructed in the context of hierarchical societies, and provided monumental expressions of elite authority. The design of individual buildings, as well as the layout of site plans, often embodied Mesoamerican beliefs about the structure of the cosmos, natural forces, or the numinous power of landscape forms, thus providing sanction for the sociopolitical order.
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Pre-Columbian Architecture » Read Now
by Donald Robertson. 128 pgs.

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...with a proper architecture see chart, page...components of Middle American civilization reached...enclosing plane. Architecture and painting retain...individual Middle...
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Pracas, Place, and Public Life in Urban Brazil, in The Geographical Review » Read Now
by James R. Curtis. 18 pgs.

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...1963. Art in Latin American Architecture. New York...Dellplain Latin American Studies, 2...Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism...1990. The Architecture of...
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Architecture Today and Tomorrow (Chap. 20 "Oscar Niemeyer: Builder of Brasilia") » Read Now
by Cranston Jones. 248 pgs.

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A History of Modern Architecture ("Brazil" begins on p. 218) » Read Now
by Jurgen Joedicke. 246 pgs.

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...influence of the new European architecture did Americans begin again to take interest...prepare the way for modern architecture. American grain silos were especially...This...
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The Churches of Mexico, 1530-1810 » Read Now
by Joseph Armstrong Baird, Hugo Rudinger. 294 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...connected with architecture; the sections...study of Latin American seventeenth...Rococo in Latin America...contributions on the architecture and art of...and Their...
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Architect of the Intangible, in Americas » Read Now
by Max Underwood. 10 pgs.

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...the masters of contemporary Mexican architecture. Barragan dedicated himself to a lifelong...extraordinary talents as a landscape architecture, interior designer, real...
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The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples » Read Now
by George Kubler. 396 pgs.

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...evaluating works of art and architecture owes its origins as...of the materials of American archaeology. In general...Braque and Picasso. The Latin American peoples...
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Historic Architecture in the Caribbean Islands » Read Now
by Edward E. Crain. 256 pgs.

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"Organized by type of structure and by island, this gorgeous volume-full of photographs-depicts and describes the history, influences, and characteristic features of the Caribbean's unique architecture."
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Latin America: Perspectives on a Region (Chap. 12 "Art and Architecture in the Latin American Republics") » Read Now
by Jack W. Hopkins. 389 pgs.

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