Cruelty and Utopia: Cities and Landscapes of Latin AmericaJean-François Lejeune Princeton Architectural Press, 3 de fev. de 2005 - 263 páginas This landmark collection of illustrated essays explores the vastly underappreciated history of America's other cities -- the great metropolises found south of our borders in Central and South America. Buenos Aires, So Paulo, Mexico City, Caracas, Havana, Santiago, Rio, Tijuana, and Quito are just some of the subjects of this diverse collection. How have desires to create modern societies shaped these cities, leading to both architectural masterworks (by the likes of Luis Barragn, Juan O'Gorman, Lcio Costa, Roberto Burle Marx, Carlos Ral Villanueva, and Lina Bo Bardi) and the most shocking favelas? How have they grappled with concepts of national identity, their colonial history, and the continued demands of a globalized economy? Lavishly illustrated, Cruelty and Utopia features the work of such leading scholars as Carlos Fuentes, Edward Burian, Lauro Cavalcanti, Fernando Oayrzn, Roberto Segre, and Eduardo Subirats, along with artwork ranging from colonial paintings to stills from Chantal Akerman's film From the Other Side. Also included is a revised translation of Spanish King Philip II's influential planning treatise of 1573, the "Laws of the Indies," which did so much to define the form of the Latin American city. |
Conteúdo
Foreword Hervé Hasquin | 9 |
The Laws of the Indies | 19 |
Philip II King of Spain 1573 | 45 |
City and Landscape between Utopia and Reality | 70 |
Writing and Cities | 76 |
Eduardo Subirats | 87 |
Latin American Traces | 100 |
74 | 109 |
Buenos Aires 18901940 | 147 |
From Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia | 161 |
Report from Brazil | 184 |
Toward an Architecture Without Borders | 203 |
The City as Imagined by Juan OGorman Luis Barragán Mathias Goeritz and Mario Pani | 225 |
Notes on Caracas Modernity and the University City of Caracas by Carlos Raúl Villanueva | 241 |
Enrique Larrañaga | 248 |
Havanas Tropical Shadows and Utopias | 135 |
Termos e frases comuns
aesthetic Andean architects Archivo Arquitectura artists Avenida Baroque Bo e P. M. Brasilia Brazil Brazilian Buenos Aires buildings built capital Caracas Carlos Raúl Villanueva Casa central century colonial complex construction Corbusier Corbusier's cultural Cuzco Diego Rivera Eduardo European facade Fundación gardens globalization grid Havana hybridization Inca Indian Institut Moreira Salles Instituto Lina Bo Jorge José Juan O'Gorman land landscape Latin American Le Corbusier Lina Bo Bardi Lúcio Costa Luis Barragán Madrid Mario Mexican Mexico City Miami modern architecture modernist monumental Museo Museum nature oil on canvas Oscar Niemeyer P. M. Bardi painting Pampas Paris parks Paseo Paulo Pedregal Photo Marcel Gautherot plaza political population pre-Columbian Press Quito revolution rights reserved Rio de Janeiro Roberto Burle Marx Santo São Paulo social space Spanish square streets style symbolic town tradition Universidad University City urban utopia Virgin York