A City Called Spain
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A City Called Spain
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
A City Called Spain written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Architecture categories.
City Called Spain is a book that reflects the landscape of Spanish contemporary architecture, constructing a large city with the most significant elements projected through a magnificent constellation of architects in the first decade of this century. It is an inter-generational story in which new studios and up-and-coming groups merge with the most established Spanish figures on the international scene. We have sought to draw a portrait of Spanish architecture, constructed by our architects on our own territory. To do so, we have placed only two conditions on the selection of works: That their teams be based in Spain, so they are studios that live and work in our cities. And that the works be built or designed and projected in Spain in this first decade of the century. We have created a city whose design coincides with the map of our geography. A topographic model abstracted from our orography, built with the maquettes, photos and drawings rest. Representations of buildings are situated on this large map of our peninsula, our islands and cities, corresponding to the real situation.
A City Called Spain
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Author : Manuel Blanco
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
A City Called Spain written by Manuel Blanco and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Architects categories.
A City Called Spain is a book that reflects the landscape of Spanish contemporary architecture, constructing a large city with the most significant elements projected through a magnificent constellation of architects in the first decade of this century.It is an intergenerational story in which new studios and up-and-coming groups merge with the most established Spanish figures on the international scene.Seeking to draw a portrait of Spanish architecture, constructed by Spanish architects in Spain, the works selected are buildings by teams based in Spain and built or designed in the past 10 years.The design of the 'city' created is a topographic model formed by maquettes, photos and drawings. While representations of the actual buildings are found on a large map of the Spanish peninsula and islands and cities.
Cities Of The Golden Age
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Author : Richard L. Kagan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Cities Of The Golden Age written by Richard L. Kagan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with Art categories.
In the sixteenth century Spain was at the height of its glory, enjoying a period of exceptional power, wealth, and artistic splendor. In 1561 Philip II commissioned Europe's leading topographical artist, Anton van den Wyngaerde, to prepare cities and towns of his Golden Age empire. Van den Wyngaerde spent most of his time traveling in Spain from 1561 until his death in 1571, preparing views—many the earliest known depictions—of no fewer than sixty-two cities and towns, including Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Granada, Córoba, Seville, Toledo, Burgos, and Madrid. These drawings not only record Spain's cities during the most glorious moments in their history but also depict them with a precision that can almost be described as photographic.
Seven Spanish Cities And The Way To Them
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Author : Edward Everett Hale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Seven Spanish Cities And The Way To Them written by Edward Everett Hale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Spain categories.
Seven Spanish Cities And The Way To Them
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Author : Edward Everett Hale
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-02-14
Seven Spanish Cities And The Way To Them written by Edward Everett Hale and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-14 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1886.
An English Garner
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Author : Edward Arber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
An English Garner written by Edward Arber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with English literature categories.
A Corner Of Spain Illustrations
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Author : Walter Wood
language : en
Publisher: Ballantyne & Co. Limited
Release Date : 2015-03-19
A Corner Of Spain Illustrations written by Walter Wood and has been published by Ballantyne & Co. Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-19 with categories.
Example in this ebook I stood upon the salient bastion of an ancient fortress towering high above a swift and placid river. Below and around me swept line upon line of crumbling walls and grass-grown moats, the scene of many a bloody struggle in the evil days of old. From a hundred grim embrasures peeped rusty cannon, harmless now, and dark-eyed children sported upon the battlements that once had belched defiance and destruction to the foe across the stream. For this old white town, cramped within its triple ramparts, is the last vantage ground of Portugal; and on the other side of the Miño straight before me is Galicia, the unconquered land of the Gael, a land of mountain and flood, of mist and sunlight, such as are all the western promontories in which the mysterious Celtic people have finally found a home after ages of unrecorded wanderings. The scene as I looked upon it from these old battlements of Valença is as fair as any that Europe can offer. Down in the valley on both sides of the stream the maize-fields are reddening in the autumn sun, and between them, and terraced on the hill slopes above them, vines, heavy now with great masses of black grapes, are trained over slender posts of grey granite, forming endless arcades of fruit and foliage. Then higher up, climbing the steep skirts of the mountains, vast forests of darkling pines throw into relief the majestic summits, bare and boulder-strewn, upon which the ardent southern sunlight glows and quivers, whilst deep purple shadows fleck the tints of old rose and cinnamon where the sunlight falls. Across the majestic iron bridge that spans the Miño, the one modern note in all this scene, there rises an ancient city clustered upon a rise crowned by square battlemented towers. Some old feudal fortress it would seem; but closer acquaintance proves it to be a Christian cathedral built at a time when bishops girt the sword and donned their armour to fight the infidel and defend their faith with their lives. Tuy, the first city of Galicia, is a relic of a past age. Its tortuous narrow streets, mere alleys a few feet wide, are like those of the prehistoric Celtic city of Citania in Portugal: deep channels worn in the living rock and patched where necessary with flat slabs. The city itself is as silent as the grave, and the frowning old castle-cathedral, with its tinkling bell calling to worship, almost alone indicates the presence of the living. A mediæval writer calls Tuy "lately a city of pagans," but for well upon ten centuries now the brave old Romanesque church has stood aloft unmoved like a cliff to resist the incursions of the enemies of the Church. But Tuy, quaint and suggestive of thought as it is, can hardly be considered a typical Galician city; for the best and most picturesque regions of Galicia are those which surround the glorious fjords cut deep into the land that entitles the little "Kingdom" to be called the Norway of Spain. The scenery up the Miño to Orense is, as Mr. Wood has mentioned, one of the most fascinating series of river views for fifty miles that Europe can show. Foaming and tearing its way between dark gorges, broadening here and there into smiling little valleys, the mountains terraced almost to their distant summits with mere steps upon which crops are raised, the river passes through infinite phases of beauty. But the towns, and even villages, are few and far between in these wild regions, and the suave and beautiful inland bays, with the sweet valleys and soaring sierras that surround them, will form for visitors the main attractions of Galicia. To be continue in this ebook
City Indians In Spain S American Empire
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Author : Dana Velasco Murillo
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
City Indians In Spain S American Empire written by Dana Velasco Murillo and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with History categories.
An important, but understudied segment of colonial society, urban Indians composed a majority of the population of Spanish America's most important cities. This title brings together the work of scholars of urban Indians of colonial Latin America.
Festival Culture In The World Of The Spanish Habsburgs
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Author : Professor Fernando Checa Cremades
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2015-11-28
Festival Culture In The World Of The Spanish Habsburgs written by Professor Fernando Checa Cremades and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-28 with History categories.
Festivals and ceremonials played a major role in the Spanish world; through them local identities as well as a common Spanish culture made their presence manifest within and beyond the peninsula through ephemeral displays, music and print. This book explores Habsburg Visual culture at court and its connection with the creation of a language of triumph, the relationship between religion and the empire, and examines cultural, artistic and musical exchange in Naples and Rome. Taken together these essays contribute further to our growing appreciation of the importance of early-modern festival culture in general, and their significance in the world of the Spanish Habsburgs in particular.
History Of Modern Latin America
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Author : Teresa A. Meade
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-11-04
History Of Modern Latin America written by Teresa A. Meade and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-04 with History categories.
Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Latin America offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the rich cultural and political history of this vibrant region from the onset of independence to the present day. Includes coverage of the recent opening of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba as well as a new chapter exploring economic growth and environmental sustainability Balances accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people from a diverse array of social, racial, and ethnic backgrounds Features first-hand accounts, documents, and excerpts from fiction interspersed throughout the narrative to provide tangible examples of historical ideas Examines gender and its influence on political and economic change and the important role of popular culture, including music, art, sports, and movies, in the formation of Latin American cultural identity Includes all-new study questions and topics for discussion at the end of each chapter, plus comprehensive updates to the suggested readings