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São Paulo: DBA, 1997. b/w and color plates, ports., ind., bios. on pict. d.j. MAJOR MONOGRAPH on Brazilian born photographer (b. 1952). He has had major solo shows at MAM of Rio de Janeiro and MASP. His portraits of celebrities, entrepreneurs, and politicians have become famous through Vogue magazine. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

Lima: Seminario de Historia Rural Andina; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2006. b/w plates, tbls., bibl., ind., wrps. (Bound photocopy as issued). OCLC: 76893147. The present study examines Lima's miniature painting during the first 50 years of the 19th century, a golden period for this discipline. Although the presence of the daguerreotype since 1840 and photography since 1850 meant, due to cost and effectiveness the beginning of the inevitable disappearance of this portrait style.

Lima: Instituto Peruano de Estudios Arqueológicos, IPEA, 2020. color plates, tbls., graphs., maps, bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index, color pict. wrps. OCLC: 1221007079. The ceramics of the "Paracas Culture" have been known for more than a century in Peru and the world. Outstanding studies on its material culture have been made since the time of its discovery by Julio C. Tello and have continued throughout the 20th century. Following this trail of studies, in this book the authors make available to the scientific community and the general public a detailed description of Parcas ceramics excavated and scientifically analyzed during the last 8 years by the team of the Chincha Archaeological Program (PACH). In this monograph the reader will be able to know in detail the Paracas ceramics of the Chincha valley, which has proven to be one of the cradles of this important pre-Hispanic society during the first millennium BC. CONTENTS: Agradecimientos -- Capítulo 1: Introducción --… Read More

Lima: Convenio Andres Bello, 2007. b/w and color plates, color frontis., ports., bio/chron., cat., bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. Monograph celebrating the 80th birthday of artist Delfín (b. Peru 1927), with texts by curator and art critic Tarazona. This edition follows the life and artistic development of Delfín, an artist known for his social causes and his concern for democracy and human rights, who celebrated his artwork away from the traditional gallery circuit exhibiting instead his metal sculptures, paintings, prints and objects in the emerging urban context of Perú. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Rio de Janeiro: Rio Books; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Urbanismo, UFRJ-PROURB, 2018. color plates, maps, tbls., facs., graphs., chrts., bibliographical references, color pict. fldg. wrps. An approach to the dynamics of city planning and landscape design from a systemic perspective. "This book is the outcome of the research project and extension "Análise, Ordenação e Projeto da Paisagem: Paraty", developed in the Program of Pós-Graduação em Urbanismo of the Faculdade de Arquitetura of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Prourb/FAU/UFRJ), in partnership with the Programa de Extensão Universitaria UFRHMar. The project was developed in an interinstitutional way and involved researchers from distinguishing areas, as well as local institutions." (HKB Translation) --Page [11]. CONTENTS: Apresentação / Raquel Tardin -- Prefacio / Pere Sala -- Parte I: INTERPRETAR. Paisagem vivida e imaginada como suporte para a ordenação -- Ecologia de paisagens:… Read More

Buenos Aires: Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2006. b/w and color plates. cat., color pict. fldg. wrps. Exhibition of the collection of contemporary art from the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, Argentina. Catálogo de la exposición dónde se exhibio una muestra de la colección del MACRO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario). Los artistas participantes son: Luis Felipe Noé, Jorge Macchi, Clorindo Testa, Rogelio Polesello, Pablo Siquier, Guillermo Kuitca, Liliana Porter, Pablo Suárez, Leandro Erlich, Víctor Grippo y Marcos López.

Buenos Aires: MNBA, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2008. b/w, duo tone and color plates, ports., facs., bio./chron., cat., bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. Retrospective on the life production of multifaceted artist Juan Carlos Castagnino (b. Argentina 1908-1972) in celebration of his 100th anniversary of his birth. The exhibition organized by the MNBA, the first for this artist in more than 30 years, included a selection of his paintings, drawings, prints and sketches for his murals. Includes critical texts by Clelia Taricco, exhibition curator and Cecilia Lida on the life and the rich artistic career of who is considered one of the most important exponents of Latin American muralism. A cien años del nacimiento de Juan Carlos Castagnino (b. 1944) la exposición propone un recorrido por la vasta producción del artista. A partir de una exhaustiva investigación que profundiza tanto en el pensamiento como en el proceso creativo de Castagnino, la exhibición se articula desde sus diferentes series de… Read More

São Paulo: Cosac Naify; McKinsey&Company; Ministério da Cultura.., 2008. color & b/w plates, facs., cat., bio/chron., bibl., illust. endpapers, d.j. A major retrospective study of the paintings of Célia (b. 1955, Brazil) , step by step, from her trips from São José dos Campos to São Paulo to take drawing lessons until her graduation in Visual Arts in PUC-RJ; from her years in Paris to the development of her art - black or white traces, simply arranged on paper or canvas, in repetitive brushings, from dark to clear, from clear to dark. In her newest productions, Célia Euvaldo shows a subtle white painting, representing a fight between silence and expression. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2008. color & b/w plates, ports., bio/chron., bibl., cat., pict. boards. The work of the painter Rodrigo Andrade (b. Brazil, 1962) is analysed with a contribution of Andrade with 164 color illustrations. A through examination of his art, graphic design, includes a cronology with his main activities, individual and colective exhibitions, and also a bibliography on his work. Tassinari follows up the artist's trajectory, from his neoexpressionist influences and shis work in the Casa 7 group and in the Generation 80. He also analyses Andrade's experiments during different periods as a painter. Palhares focuses on the environmental dimension the artist has given to his paintings, temporarily intevening on public places, with works such as "Projeto Parede". ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Em uma completa revisão do trabalho do artista, o livro aborda cuidadosamente suas diferentes fases. Alberto Tassinari parte das influências neo-expressionistas encontradas nas obras iniciais de… Read More

Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Educação e Cultura, 1956. plus 37 b/w plates, ind., wrps. First published in 1912 is an historic and a detailed look at the artists that were part of the French Mission of 1816 to Brazil. Included artists: Joaquim Lebreton, Nicolau Antonio Taunay, Augusto Mario Taunay, Joao Batista Debret, Augusto de Montigny, Carlos Simao Pradier, Segismundo Neukomm, Marcos Ferrez, and E. Zeferino Ferrez.

Lima: Torres Aguirre, 1945. Front wrp. detached. Rear wrp. worn at spine.. Some 353 items listed including conferences and journal contributions. Useful and scarce reference for major Peruvian architect.

Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fondo Editorial UNMSM; [Bordeaux], France : Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2019. b/w plates,facs., maps, bibliographical references, index, color pict. boards. This publication is a compilation of articles by Isabelle Tauzin-Castellanos that reflects on the relationships and cross-accounts between Andean America and Europe (Spain and France) from a transatlantic and decolonial perspective. This book contributes to a multidisciplinary review of 200 years of cultural, art and social history of the Andean countries as Peru prepares to celebrate the bicentenary of its independence. The sources consulted by the authors of this collective volume are little known, even unpublished: they are correspondences, memories, chronicles, atlases, travel stories published in French or Spanish from the colonial period to the early 20th century. CONTENTS: Introducción -- Primera parte. La América virreinal: entre luces y prodigios -- Ventura Travada y Córdoba:… Read More

Lisboa: Cordoaria Nacional Lisboa, 2005. b/w plates, ports., cat., facs., tbls., bio/chron., bibls., b/w pict. fldg. wrps. Exhibition of the impressive photographic legacy left by photojournalist Benoliel that compromise the documental archive essential to understand the historic context of Portugal in the final years of the 19th century and first decades of the 20th century. The extensive and contrasting repertoire of period images represent the re-interpretation and re-observation of the role of photography with public opinion. The event was organized within the framework of the LisboaPhoto 2005 Biennal and represents a good example of visual anthropology of recent history. ENGLISH, FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

Pernambuco: Funcultura Pernambuco, 2004. b/w and color plates, facs., maps, ports., mus. notes, tbls., chron., draws., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. A collaboration work that includes texts from various local distinguished intellectuals, artists and scholars primarily about architecture, history, culture but also the folklore and geography of the costal city of Olinda. The historic colonial center is the oldest municipality of the Recife region founded in 1537. The book includes many color photographs and data on historic architecture and monuments. Also included is a directory of cultural events, street markets and general services.

São Paulo: Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP; Imprensa Oficial, 2012. color plates, facs., plans, bibliographical references (p. 185-203), color pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 840189564. Considered individually, the morphological characteristics of the cities of Portuguese origin can be found in other historical and geographical contexts, although they all appear to be articulated in its Lusitanian culture. Such characteristics have evolved over time as the multiple influences from other cultures on the Portuguese culture, which are still noticeable in links that relate the various forms and conceptions of the city that result from it. From the analysis of the historical period from the foundation of the Portuguese nationality in the 12th century until the end of the 18th century, this work seeks to identify these relationships and influences, as well as the main characteristics of the Portuguese urban structures and how they developed and established all over their world. The author concludes that the… Read More

Rio de Janeiro: Archivo Nacional, 2005. b/w plates, indices, bibl., color pict d.j. Photography reached Brazil in the following year to its introduction in France (1839). The first images preserved in the collection of the National Archive date from the 1850s. They were produced by photographers such as Henrique Klumb, Juan Gutierrez, Marc Ferrez, Insley Pacheco, Joaqim Feliciano Alves Carneiro, Alberto Hewnschel and the duo Gaensly & Lindermann among others. What can be seen here is some of these originals, from mid-nineteenth century to the first years of the twentieth century. It depicts, in pictures and landscapes, a society which started to come to know itself at a speed, contrasts and forms hitherto unknown. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

Rio de Janeiro: Edições Pinakotheke, 2009. color & b/w plates, ports., facs., bios., bibl., cat., bibliographic references (p. 122-123), color pict. soft boards. OCLC: 502151645. Pinakotheke Cultural exhibition with 100 works by three generations of Brazilian artists who had a long relationship with France. Paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings and photographs, in addition to displays images with unprecedented testimony by sculptor Bruno Giorgi, a work performed by photographer Alécio de Andrade in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. The show also includes the presentation of the film about Lygia Clark "Memória do Corpo", produced by the filmmaker Mario Carneiro. PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH TEXT.

Buenos Aires: Fundación Banco de Boston, 1989. b/w plates, bibl., ind., pict. fldg. wrps. History of this Buenos Aires neighborhood, formerly known as Barrio del Parque with emphasis on architecture and architectural history of the main landmarks located on it such as: El ferrocarril, El Nuevo Teatro Colón, La estación del Subterráneo, Plaza General Lavalle, El Palacio Miró, El Palacio de Justicia, Las Escuelas, El templo Israelita, Teatro Cervantes, etc. Includes reproductions of early photographs.

México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, 2022. tbl., chrons., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps.

México, D.F.: A Editores, 2012. color plates, maps, plans, color pict. wrps. OCLC: 824631184. In a posthumous tribute to the life and work of architect Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis for Mexico City, the city government gave his name one of the trains of Metro Line 12 and supported the edition of the "Tras los Pasos de Ricardo Legorreta". The book is a visual and literary journey and guide through the streets of the city. A series of tours that highlight Legorreta's work and other buildings that Legorreta admired, which, according to the author, helped form the identity of Mexico City.