Anthological and posthumous edition that gathers a selection of published articles in diverse journals by architect González Galván regarding colonial art and architecture. The book is divided in 5 sections: Theory, terminology, iconology, urbanism and archaeology and includes a thematic index the author did himself. The book reviews topics such as space in religious architecture in México, the baroque order in México and Latin America, iconology studies of the religious art of the churches of Tonantzintla and Santa Prisca in Taxco, the five types of cities in viceregal México, the historic harmony of the city of Morelia, concluding with the independence and the 19th century innovative developments. IMPORTANT REFERENCE on religous baroque art and architecture in México.
Kupolförslag av G Hagström och F Ekman . Plan , exteriör , vy från hamnen , odat omkring 1900. Topografiska planscher C 3 , KB . Dome design by the architects G Hagström and F Ekman . Ground plan , exterior , view from the harbour , c .
three immense , cascading chandeliers dominating the Grand Hall . The interior walls contained Mexican onyx the color of honey , white Byzantine tiles from Italy , black beanwood paneling from Australia , and beige silk curtains from ...
Finally, an extensive glossary introduces seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art terms. Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text.
Unprecedented in scope - like its companion volume on the High Renaissance, Mannerism - this sixth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the development of architecture and decoration in the 17th and early 18th centuries - ...
The author examines church facades in Peru and Bolivia, dating and scrutinizing the detailed carving work of native artists and combining that visual information with the testimony of colonial historians, inquisition records, and the images ...
This volume portrays the entire span of the fine arts ofthe baroque era, from rich splendor to religious asceticism."
Architecture in the Age of Reason: Baroque and Post-baroque in England, Italy, and France
Neubarock: Architektur und Ausstattungskonzepte süddeutscher Sakralbauten um 1900
This exhibition book, created to accompany Tate Britain's 2020 exhibition British Baroque: Power & Illusion, explores how art and architecture were used by the crown, the church, and the aristocracy to project images of status in an age ...
The text treats the major media-painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, and architecture-as well as gardens, furniture, tapestries, costume, jewelry, and ceramics, all in terms of their original function and patronage and with emphasis on ...