Search Results: Authors starting with C from Howard Karno Books Inc

Monterrey, Mexico: CEMEX; Arquine; RM Editorial, 2014. b/w and color plates, ports., plans, elevations, bios/chrons., color pict. soft boards. OCLC:901510483. The renowned building award sponsored by international concrete, cement and aggregates giant CEMEX, based in Mexico, has become an important reference within the fields of architecture and construction over the last 18 years. And the annual book showing off the stunning winning projects, mostly in Mexico, is a treasure for architects, designers, engineers, libraries - anyone who is interested in the vital intersection between architecture and technology. The 19 prize categories include low-income housing, sustainability, urbanism, accessibility and residential, both single-family and complexes. The prizes are chosen by a prestigious jury of architects. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

La Habana: Artecubano Ediciones, 2009. b/w plates, bibls., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 706495780. The present anthology comprises essays on Cuban visual arts written by prolific Cuban critic and essayist Rufo Caballero (b. Cuba 1966-2011) and that represent close to two decades of intellectual and critical work. Described by María de los Ángeles Pereira "as the most outstanding voice in the artistic universe of Cuba"-Verso cover, Rufo introduces us with his critical vision into the world of Cuban contemporary art and the artwork of artists such as Marcelo Pogolotti, Raúl Martínez, Reineiro Tamayo, Kadir López, Mariano, Rocío García, among others. Includes a foreword by Rolando Mesa. Contents: De cómo hacer el amor en un salón de espejos / por Rolando Mesa -- Los dioses mandan -- Pórtico : un ejercicio poscrítico -- Los años noventa del siglo XX : de la tropología a la tautología -- Interpretar la poética -- Montoto : crítica y ficción, arte y realidad : los dilemas de la representación… Read More

Bogotá: Instituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural, 2007. b/w plates., ports., cat., bio/chron., boards., translucent, .d.j. Book dedicated to celebrated photojournalist Manuel "Hache" Rodríguez (b. Colombia 1920) the main photographer of the riots of the "Bogotazo" (April 9, 1948). His passion for bullfighting is reflected in his historic portraits of bullfighters "Manolete", Paco Camino and Luis M. Dominguín, soccer teams, comic Cantinflas and famous personages Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the king and queen of Spain, and actress Lucia Bosé. But his photographic legacy is more than bulls and loots, he immortalized a city now lost to growth and development where horses and donkeys were still part of the urban landscape and women conquered their right to vote.

Salta, Argentina: Editorial Maktub, 2004. graphs., tbls., bibl., color pict. wrps. Didactical text on the analysis of the social and anthropological aspects of the human alimentary practices, especially in Argentina. The original text was a paper presented by Dr. Patricia Aguirre and published in the Boletín Techint no. 306, Mayo-Junio 2001.

[Porto Alegre]: Usina do Papel; Unidade Editorial da Secretaria Municipal da Cultura, 2004. ill. (some col.) color plates, facs., diags., draws., color pict. fldg. wrps, handmade paper d.j. Documents part of the project "Projeto de Descentraliçãões". 14 young artists used recycled paper to create an artist book.. Usina do Papel is a permanent space of the City of Porto Alegre department of Culture (SMC), destined exclusively to the artisan recycling of paper aimed with programs to transform youngsters into artists, craftspeople, and printers who use paper.

Lima: Universidad de Lima, Fondo Editorial, 2015. diags., bibliographical references (pages 147-150), color pict. fldg. wrps. Originally presented as the author's thesis (maestría)--Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2013. A collection of texts about the contemporary films and cinematographic adaptations of the classic novel "Don Quijote de la Mancha" analyzing the protagonists (directors, artists and the main personages). "El presente libro es un acercamiento original y novedoso a las relaciones que hay entre la obra más importante de Cervantes y el cine contemporáneo. A través del analisis de las películas mencionadas el libro explora las aventuras del hidalgo caballero, para descubrir, así, los origenes literarios de algunos de los más apasionantes juegos metacinematográficos de la actualidad, los que podemos apreciar, también, en las creaciones de otros realizadores claves."--Page [4] of cover. CONTENTS: Don Quijote de la Mancha y la metaficción -- La metaficción en la… Read More

Montréal: Accent Editorial, 2003. ind., bibl., color pict. wrps. The book by journalists Cabrera and Ruiz reflects on 20th century photojournalism in Venezuela in homage to the country's graphic reporters, with a review of the history of Venezuelan photojournalism and the family related photographers working for the press, like the Sardás, the Grillos, the Nogueras, the Delgado Cisneros and many others.

Santiago de Chile: RIL Editores, 2004. b/w plates, port. frontis., facs., bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 62174977. Urban chronicles of the city of Santiago in Chile from its colonial foundation to the mid 20th century that reconstruct the spatial and urban transformations of the San Cristobal Hill, the Municipal Theater, the Forest Park, the main market and plaza (Plaza de Armas) and the Central Station. Local traditions and historical anecdotes are included.

Santa Fe, Argentina: Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2006. b/w plates, illus., maps, Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-203), color pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 56639079. FIRST REPRINT OF anthropological study on the architectural and urban history of the colonial city of Santa Fe. The colonial city was founded in 1573 and abandoned in 1660, when the population moved 78 kilometers to the south as the result of constant invasions by Paraguayan Indians, floods and mountain erosion. The author explains that the city was a strategic instrument of the Spanish invasion over America and that the real construction of the urban space is a constant interaction between the social and urban structures "That is why the use of urban land and the conformation of the city structure, the architectonic types and the construction traditions, the public spaces and the real estate dynamics, cannot be explained independently to the historic, social and economic processes, of the everyday customs and the life of the… Read More

Santa Fe, Argentina: Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2011. b/w plates, facs., maps, plans, ind., bibliographical references (p. 463-504), color pict. fldg. wrps. OCLC: 773259633. The author studies the importance of residential architecture in the colonial city of Santa Fe (Argentina), and how these constructed spaces were fundamental in the historic transformations on a urban space that followed the model of the square grid urban design present in all the Hispano-American colonial cities (Latin America and the Caribbean). The urban importance of the constructed domestic spaces is generally ignored in the historiography of Colonial Hispanic architecture, and the earliest studies on colonial houses (Casa de los Azulejos in Mexico; Palacio de Torre-Tagle in Lima and Casa del Moral in Arequipa) are centered on their architectural and ornamentation characteristics. Architect Calvo presents a urban and architectural perspective and concludes that although the process of the construction of the city of… Read More

Caracas: Editorial Monte Avila. b/w and color plates, illus, bio/chron, bibl., ind, color pict. fldg. wrps. Anecdotal biography of artist Reverón (b. Venezuela 1889-1954), a prodigy but a tormented artist that captured in his paintings the luminosity and colors of the Caribbean. He also suffered from depressive and psychotic crisis that kept him in mental institutions several times during his life. Finally, his hallucinations became his expressionist period, where he created objects and dolls around a magical universe.

Caracas: Serie Pintores Venezolanos. Caracas, Ernesto Armitano, Editor, 1973. b/w and color plates, bio/chron., facs., ind., d.j. Retrospective and biography of Venezuelan 19th-century artist.

Buenos Aires: Espacio Fundación Telefónica, 2007. (as new). color plates, bios., The curator, Luis Camnitzer (b. Uruguay), explores "the possibility that art can help us achieve critical distance from technology and can contribute, even if on a modest scale, to the correction of social deformities caused by technology." He includes works by a diverse and international array of artists who utilize technology to criticize and disrupt industrial/technological society. Artists include Alfredo Jaar, The Critical Art Ensemble, Ingo Günther, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Jenny Perlin, Liza McConnell, martinafischer13, Mika Rottenberg, Ola Pehrson, Oswaldo Maciá, Roberto Jacoby-Syd Krochmalny, Wim Delvoye, and the Yes Men. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXTS.

Santiago de Chile: Asociación Chilena de Seguridad, 2003. b/w and color plates, map, bio/chrons., color pict. boards, d.j. AN AGUMENTED EDITION that continues the classification and cataloguing of the artistic works of La Asociación Chilena de Seguridad, which are found in various clinics and hospitals for workers throughout Chile. Added to this edition are recent acquisitions (1996 to 2001) as well as those artistic works in clinics and sanitary and health institutions from other regions not considered before. The collection began in the 1970s when La ACHS held a contest for a mural in El Hospital del Trabajador, and has since escalated to an extensive patrimony composed of the murals, paintings, and sculptures of many respected artists like: Carmen Aldunate, Gonzálo Cienfuegos, Claudio Di Girolamo, Mario Toral, Lily Garafulic, Sergio Castillo and Jaime Antúnez among others.

Albany: SUNY, 1978. ind., wrps.

Rio de Janeiro: Instituto do Patrimonio Histórico e Artistico Nacional do Ministério da Cultura, 1997. b/w and color plates, facs., pict. wrps. This edition commemorates sixty years of IPHAN and includes an anthology of articles published in this publication.

Belo Horizonte [Brazil]: Crisálida, 2006. b/w plates, plans, diags., draws, bibliographical references(p.69-76), ind., duo tone pict, fldg. wrps. The book is a basic study for the better understanding of the Barroco Mineiro art and architecture of 18th century Minas Gerais that left a patrimonial legacy in Brazil of religious and civil architecture, painting and religious sculptures.

La Paz, Bolivia: Fundación Visión Cultural, 2021. b/w and color plates, facs., mus. nots., pict. endpapers, color pict. wrps. COVER READS: Barroco: Mitos e Imaginería. Papers of the "X Encuentro Internacional sobre Barroco held October 9, 10 and 11, 2019 in Valparaíso, Chile, and it will be an occasion to reflect and contribute to the valorization of the wealth of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the 17th and 18th centuries, with projections to the 21st century. It will bring together specialists from different countries of America and Europe, who will present their latest research in the fields. This version is dedicated to the memory of Teresa Gisbert Carbonell (1926-2018), who committed her life to make the various countries of Latin America aware of their cultural heritage, through a series of investigations and actions carried out. El 2015, con el tema "Mestizajes en diálogo" se realizó en la ciudad de Arequipa, Perú, entre Fundación Visión Cultural, la Universidad Santa… Read More

La Habana: Editorial Arte y Literature, Instituto Cubano del Libro, 2003. ind., pict. wrps. First in a series by the faculty of Helenic Studies at the University of Havana that compiles various articles that offer a survey of Greek influence in Cuba in the arts and literature.

Buenos Aires: Corregidor, 2003. indices, bibl., plans, color pict. wrps. An alphabetical lexicon of the streets, districts, squares and public monuments of the city of Buenos Aires, each entry includes detailed information on the public ordinances or decree for their construction, street nomenclature, location, district limits and when mentioning public figures names or statues, a brief biography. Important historical urban reference. Completa descripción de las calles de Buenos Aires, de cada una se describe: ordenanza de creación, nacimiento, extensión, barrio e historia del nombre. Incluye planos de los 17 barrios mencionados.