Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580930522 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Discussions of each phase of the city's development are accompanied by detailed case studies of the period's most significant buildings, which include the architectural history and heritage of each structure as well as comprehensive new and archival documentation, including photographs, prints, paintings, and historical artifacts. Among the structures featured are the famed great forts such as Castillo del Morro and Castillo de la Punta, the city's oldest extant structures; an array of houses, from all periods of Havana's history and in all styles, simultaneously offering architectural and cultural history; and the great churches, including the Church of La Merced and the great baroque Havana Cathedral, and institutional structures, such as the magnificent Palace of the Captains General, showing the public face of Havana at its most resplendent. In this exquisite volume,
tachi1 said If you can only have ONE book on Havana--this is the ONE. Nothing else comes close to capturing the memory of a city that was both magic and majestic and so full of charm and elegant architecture. The photographs are masterful, but what comes through most vividly is the fact that you are seeing it captured with respect and love through the eyes of a lady who always carried it in her heart. She has created a gift for generations of, not only Cubans, but travelers, architects, and his. My son loved the book as he had just returned from a Jennifer H. My son loved the book as he had just returned from a visit to Cuba. It was a perfect gift.. Very happy customer Amazon Customer I bought the book for myself and liked it so much that I bought several more to give as gifts to friends. Everyone was extremely happy with the quality, content and photographs in the book.
She traces the city's colonial growth from the first fortifications guarding the city's strategically valuable harbor through its Spanish heyday into independence. From Booklist Now that Cuba's doors are beginning to open to its northern neighbor, a generation for which Cuba has been a blank slate is coming to appreciate the unique cultural riches that the country has to offer. All rights reserved. Much of the island nation's art and architectural patrimony centers on Havana. Mark KnoblauchCopyright © American Library Association. Outstanding color photographs document the rich architectural and decorative history of old Havana. Lobo Montalvo has documented the city's growth from a fortified colonial outpost to a twentieth-century metropolis. Using extant provincial structures, Lobo Montalvo illustrates what some of Havana's first buildings must have looked like. Simultaneously published in Spanish, this colorful volume contributes to an u
Among her many cultural activities were film production, writing, and lecturing. . María Luisa Lobo Montalvo, daughter of Cuban sugar magnate Julio Lobo Olavarría, had a deep passion for her homeland which was reflected in all aspects of her life and continued throughout her years of exile. Lobo Montalvo died in 1998, at the age of sixty-three, shortly after completing the manuscript for Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City