Preguntas (in)cómodas

La concesión por Felipe V en 1730 a la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla del privilegio de celebrar fiestas de toros constituyó el punto de partida para la construcción de la plaza de toros de la capital hispalense. Sustituyendo a una serie de edificaciones de madera, se inició la construcción de la plaza de fábrica en 1761, dando inicio así a un proceso ininterrumpido hasta la actualidad, de intervenciones y transformando el edificio y adaptándolo a los tiempos y a los requisitos de su peculiar función.

Estos analisis sobre el lenguaje de la arquitectura se dirigen "a todos aquellos que aprecian lo suficiente la arquitectura para empezar a reflexionar sobre ella en lugar de limitarse a su contemplacion."

Ten examples of "private neighborhoods" or residential urbanizations mainly in the area surrounding Buenos Aires mostly built between 1990-2000 including neighborhoods with communal services, the country club, small farms or "club de chacras," a mountain village and large towns.

To know the work of art in its historical context we can understand and explain its meaning, the symbols involved, the author's intention and the reasons that allowed its creation. In this sense, the book seeks to recognize the various manifestations of art in its historical perspective. The book comprises ten original works, that try to discern the artistic creations since Pre-Hispanic times, in the Viceroyalty, up to the current period, and where visual arts, drama and music are also involved. "This book emerges as a need to spread the texts on art carried out by professors and students of...