Gloria Groom and Douglas W. Druick The Art Institute of Chicago boasts one of the largest and finest holdings of late-nineteenth-century French art in the world. Drawing upon the latest art-historical findings, this lavishly illustrated book features over ninety works engagingly discussed in terms of the memorable era in which they were created. From the paintings of Edouard Manet-notorious for his bold and direct style-to the light-filled Impressionist masterpieces of Claude Monet and the influential Post-Impressionist canvases of Paul Cézanne, the book offers a fascinating overview of the Impressionist movement and its legacy. Each handsomely reproduced image exemplifies the diversity of ideas and extraordinary wealth of talent at work during this remarkable period. Also included is an illustrated chronology documenting the formation of the Art Institute's world-renowned collection. 184 pages; softcover only.

The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago

Kimbell Art Museum

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Coffee is an unquestionable part of our daily life and culture. This beautiful book gives a detailed illustration of the history of coffee in Guatemala; it is an in-depth analysis of coffe's agricultural, economic, social, commercial, and cultural aspects.

The History of Coffee in Guatemala

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

von Rothkirch, Cristobal

Wagner, Regina

Beverages & Wine

This much-anticipated sequel to Bambusa Guadua offers insight into the fascinating world of bamboo, a renewable natural resource that grows quickly, has outstanding environmental and aesthetic qualities, and practical applications in architecture, furniture, and object design. La guadua es un recurso natural renovable, de rápido crecimiento y cualidades ambientales y estéticas sobresalientes. Este libro nos remite al fascinante mundo de sus usos y aplicaciones prácticas en la arquitectura y el diseño de muebles y artefactos.

Guadua : Arquitectura Y Diseno (Spanish Edition)

Reference

Villegas, Marcelo

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Guadua (bamboo) is a renewable natural resource that grows quickly and has outstanding environmental and aesthetic qualities. This much-anticipated sequel to Bambusa Guadua, also published by Villegas Editores, offers insight into the fascinating world of guadua's usage and practical applications in architecture, furniture, and object design.

New Bamboo: Architecture and Design

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Profiling the career of an artist famous for capturing Colombia on canvas, this work is a journey of Hoyo's development that includes her early series of windows and atmospheres, of her still life fruit and flowers, and her most recent compositions inspired by her personal discovery of the Afro-Colombian culture living in Palenque, a small village situated on the coast of the Caribbean Sea. Recorriendo la carrera de una famosa artista por plasmar Colombia en sus lienzos, esta obra es el viaje del desarrollo profesional de Hoyo. Incluye las primeras series de pinturas de ventanas y atmósferas, bodegones de frutas y flores, y sus más recientes composiciones inspiradas en su personal descubrimiento de la cultura afro-colombiana, recogidas del periodo en que vivió en Palenque, una pequeña villa situada en la costa del mar Caribe.

Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Retrospectiva / Retrospective (Spanish Edition)

Villegas, Benjamin

Kalenberg, Angel

Drawing

"The proliferation and diffusion of mestizo themes have become universal...Drawing on the historical and cultural reality of Colombia and in the best Latin American tradition, Ana Mercedes Hoyos develops her work in the labyrinth of pictorial crossbreeding-- a crossbreeding of images." In these words from the thrilling critical essay that opens this book, Ángel Kalenberg describes the evolution of this great Colombian artist and her place in world art. This book, which represents the first comprehensive retrospective show of her painting and sculpture ever published, confirms his judgement. It deals with a distinguished career which led the Colombian artist from her early stage of "windows" and "doors" to a series of "atmospheres," in which she seems to leap through the frames of her earlier paintings to find herself before the light that is on the other side and was merely hinted at before. The white canvases of her "atmospheres"-- luminous, sparkling and full of matter-- in turn fulfill their cycle, opening the way for a further stage which is marked by the recuperation of the object and a new and fresh approach to nature. This is the moment when her daring and unrestrained "sunflowers" appear, whose pigmentation follows the line of the great, visceral colorists, like Van Gogh and Gauguin, who define a realm where chromatic values rule with the same rights and duties as form. These give way to her recent work, which features colorful still lifes inspired by the Afro-Colombian women fruit-vendors from San Basilio de Palenque, who, with their bowls of fruit gracefully balanced on their heads, form a picturesque sight on the beaches of the fabled Caribbean port of Cartagena. In her current stage we also observe her passionate interest in the culture of this fascinating ethnic group, whose personages and customs absorb her interest and fill her canvases. As this retrospective clearly shows, every stage of the work of Ana Mercedes is a testimony to her passion for her calling and her strong commitment to the world in which she lives.

Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Retrospective

Villegas Jimenez, Benjamin

Hoyos, Ana Mercedes

History & Criticism

In this extraordinary book we see the work of six Guatemalan architects, six creative voices who, in an individual or collective form, have redefined and given a poetic spatial quality to the contemporary architecture of their country. Members of the firm known, quite simply, as "Seis Arquitectos" (Peter Giesemann, Carlos M. Lara, Raul Minondo, Ernesto Porras, Rodolfo Solares, Rafael Tinoco), they are exponents of a style with a minimalist touch and a strong commitment to the value of the abstract, the geometrically pure and the spatially rich. Without falling into a reductionist posture, their design proposals seek a primal purity based on ideas which emphasize that form and space shape and adjust themselves to function, without superficial ornamentation, nor the utilization of rigid axes, nor the imposition of classical orders. Guided by a romantic minimalism, they give a frank expression to the structure that delineates the different ambits they create, giving priority to the light that defines the simple and austere forms of their architecture. A passion for light and natural beauty drives them to establish a dialogue between the exterior and interior spaces, causing architecture and nature to interact and create areas that are strongly illuminated by direct light or by means of great panes of glass. The designs shown here cover a range of expressions, from serious and formal buildings for banks, offices and stores to private homes and housing developments in which rural and urban living interact. The architecture of "Seis Arquitectos" is an architecture that respects and fits into its particular context, recognizing the value of place as the receptacle of cultural traits that complement the configuration of the constructed space. In this environment of contemporary art these talented architects have succeeded in expressing themselves conceptually, seeking inspiration, at times, in their nation's Mayan roots, at times through volumes with a symbolic value. In both cases, they have created a sublime architecture that leads us to undertake a silent reflection.

Six Architects (Arquitectura Contemporanea (Bogota, Colombia).)

Lara, Carlos

Giesenman, Peter

Six of the most important figures in Latin American contemporary architecture are Raúl Minondo, Peter Giesemann, Rodolfo Solares, Carlos Lara, Rafael Tinoco, and Ernesto Porras. This work highlights their avant-garde vision and their contribution to innovative architectural design. The perfect combination of light and space prevail among their buildings, with the well-being of the inhabitants being the most important design consideration. Elements from Guatemala's ancestral Mayas are also a shared feature showcased in the photographs. Seis de las figuras más importantes de la arquitectura contemporánea latinoamericana son Minondo, Giesemann, Solares, Lara, Tinoco, y Porras. Esta obra demuestra su visión vanguardista y su aporte del diseño arquitectónico innovador. La perfecta comunión entre luz y espacio domina los espacios de sus edificios, así como el bienestar de los habitantes y usuarios de los espacios determina el diseño. Elementos de las ancestrales mayas de Guatemala son también rasgos comunes que esta fotografía demuestra.

Seis Arquitectos/ Six Architects (Spanish Edition)

In Washington, DC, the epicenter of world power, art and design become tools for the promotion of international prestige and diplomacy. This book invites you into the homes, consulates, embassies, and cultural centers maintained by the world’s leading nations. Photographs of elegant salons, corridors, offices, and residences of 41 countries represent the best of each nation’s culture.

Embassy Residences in Washington D.C

Loeffler, Jane C.

de Bianqui, Lily Urdinola

Cutler, Walter L.

Silvia Tcherassi’s name is associated with fashion, poetry, alternative languages, colors, textures, variety, and, above all, talent. Her spectacular creations are the results of visionary proposals and design combinations that are vividly portrayed in this volume.

Silvia Tcherassi

Gavarrón, Lola

Daza, Francisco

Cravotta, Michael

Graphic Design

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