Musica, color y arquitectura

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo realizar una relectura de las apreciaciones vertidas por los viajeros extranjeros en la España de los Austrias, utilizándolas como fuentes para una reinterpretación de la componente mudéjar de su Arquitectura y Habitar. Rasgos mudéjares de la arquitectura y el habitar en la España de los Siglos XVI-XVII

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

Medellín se convirtió en un referente internacional de la innovación urbana al dejar de ser una de las ciudades más peligrosas del mundo en menos de dos décadas. Aunque el mérito se atribuyó a diversos íconos políticos y electorales, un análisis crítico resalta el protagonismo de la ciudadanía. Jorge Pérez supera los relatos imperantes que plantean heroísmos inexistentes para trasmitir el verdadero sentido del proceso. Desde una novedosa perspectiva, refleja las bases del proceso desde un plano personal y experimental que a su vez se nutre de hechos y evidencias documentadas...