| Description |
224 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Summary |
Author Rachel Carley's incisive, illuminating text traces the island's architectural developments and achievements - from Indian bohfos, early colonial fortification systems, and Mudejar craftsmanship to baroque churches, classically inspired civic buildings, ambitious modernist designs, and the present-day interest in preservation. Architectural treasures located throughout Cuba are vividly documented in photographer Andrea Brizzi's lush color images, transporting us - if only momentarily - to all corners of this diverse tropical land |
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Of all of Cuba's important cultural assets, none speaks more eloquently of its history and evolution than its architecture. Like the country itself, Cuban architecture, with its distinct but difficult-to-define Cuban spirit, defies easy categorization. Spanning four centuries, this remarkable built legacy has been preserved largely through benign neglect, and so the island today serves as a rare archive of Caribbean architectural history waiting to be rediscovered |
| Notes |
Map on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in Maltese |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Cuba.
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| Author |
Brizzi, Andrea
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| LC no. |
97009188 |
| ISBN |
0823011291 |
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9990902690 |
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