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Altona, Manitoba: Friesens, 2005. Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality. Signed by author. Text in English and Spanish.164 pages packed full of high quality, color photos on glossy paper. 8.5x11x0.7" (21.5x28x1.5cm). "The photographs in this book dramatically highlight the influence of Mexican art and culture on architecture and interior design of Ajijic homes...visible in use of colour, murals, textiles, metalwork and other ornamentation...reinterpret(s) decorative elements from the old world with the eclecticism of post conquest architecture." "Los fotografias de este libro muestran dramaticametne la influencia del arte y la cultura mexicana sobre la architectura y el diseno interior de las casas de Ajijic...visible en el uso de los colores, laos murales, los textiles, los trabajos en metal y otros ornamentos...reinterpretan elementos del viejo mundo con el eclecticismo de la arquitectura de la Conquista."