Format:
327 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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23 cm
Edition:
Primera edición
ISBN:
9786079749101
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6079749106
Series Statement:
Colección de arte, arquitectura, ciudad
Content:
Foreword = Prólogo /Zaida Muxi --Preface = Prefacio --Parte I. Puntos de partida = Part 1. Starting point --Capítulo l. Aclaraciones conceptuales y tópicos = Chapter l. Conceptual and Topical Clarifications --Capítulo 2. Las Vegas Roma y la megalópolis = Chapter 2. Las Vegas, Rome and the megalopolis --Capítulo 3. Percepción y cognición = Chapter 2. [sic] Perception and cognition --Parte II. Enfoques parámetros del análisis = Part II. Approaches and parameters of the analysis --Capítulo l. Paisaje e imagen urbana = Chapter l. Landscape and urban lmage --Capítulo 2. Elemento arquitectónico = Chapter 2. Architectural element --Capítulo 3. Detalle ornamental = Chapter 3. Ornamental detail --Parte III. Epidemias visuales: Vacuna = Parte III. Visual epidemics: Vaccination --Parte IV. Perspectivas = Parte IV. Perspectives --Capítulo l. Melancolía y utopía = Chapter l. Melancholy and utopía --Capítulo 2. Eicoestética crítica = Chapter 2. Critica Eco-Aesthetics --Capítulo 3. Atmósferas neobarrocas = Chapter 3. Neobaroque atmospheres --Créditos fotográficos = Photography credits
Content:
Comparative architectural analysis between the fake surroundings of the Venetia casino hotel in Las Vegas and the neo-Baroque buildings in Mexico City, known as the Venice of the Americas
Note:
"The conceptual starting point for this book emerged in the course of an academic excursion to Las Vegas in October of 2010 by the working group on the neo-Baroque of the project "The Hispanic Baroque". The aim was to discuss ideas of the "efficiency" of Baroque principles in the globalized culture of the early twenty-first century"--Page [14]
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Includes bibliographical references
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Parallel text in Spanish and Englishf
Language:
English
Keywords:
Mexiko
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Las Vegas, Nev.
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Megastadt
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Stadtentwicklung
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Architekturkritik
Author information:
Krieger, Peter 1961-
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