Search Results: Authors starting with J from Howard Karno Books Inc

Los Angeles: Research Publishing Co, 1945. b/w plates, illus., maps, tbls., bibl., d.w. Only volume published.

Buenos Aires: Piedra, Papel & Tijera, 2012. b/w and color plates, maps, diags, chrts., illus. endpapers, b/w pict. wrps. OCLC: 820951340. This book outlines a work methodology for the insertion of public space in informal settlements through a project developed in Villa Tranquila, a settlement in Buenos Aires, Argentina by architects Flavio Janches and Max Rohm. Its intention is to serve as a guide, a basic manual that could be used to aid similar efforts in low-income communities around the world. As stated in the foreword by John Beardsley, "[...] While developing a method for intervening in squatter settlements, the project also suggests that an inventive process, especially one that recognizes and develops local narratives through community participation, can facilitate or even inspire design outcomes. The use of play space as an element of urban reconstruction is not unprecedented: Janches and Rohm themselves cite the example of Aldo van Eyck in post-World-War-Two Amsterdam. Nor is a… Read More

Lima: Antares, Artes& Letras; Minera Yanacocha, 2002. b/w plates, facs., bibl., glos., color pict. fldg. wrps. Photographers from the Cajamarca region of Peru from 1850-1950 that includes important travelers and explorers.

Bogota, Colombia: El Navegante Editores, 1991. color plates, gloss., pict. d.w. Documents the restored coral area of the Iglesia Santa Clara in Bogoa.

Bogotá: Galería La Cometa, 2008. color & b/w plates, ports., cat., bio/chron., color pict. wrps. Retrospective on Jim Amaral, (b. USA, 1933, immigrated to Colombia in 1957) presenting his artwork since the early 1970's, including sculptres, drawings (mostly erotic) and a series of painted boxes. Esta exhibición presenta obra de varios años, incluso alguna de su obra de la década de los sesenta. Tambien incluye esculturas en bronce, dibujos, muchos de ellos eróticos y una serie reciente de cajas de madera pintadas.

Bogotá: Asociación de Amigos del Museo Nacional de Colombia, 2001. b/w and color plates, ports., bio., cat., bibl/hem., chron., color pict. d.j. MAJOR MONOGRAPH on Obregón (b. 1920, Barcelona, immigrated to Colombia in 1929, d. 1992) who is considered by critics the first contemporary artists in Colombia. Coherente presentation of an analysis of his form, style and a revision of his subjects from hIstorical to current politics with special emphasis from 1947-1968. BASIC REFERENCE AND MOST COMPLETE WORK TO-DATE.

Logroño, Spain: Sala Amós Salvador, 1993. color plates, port., bio/chron., bibl., color pict. wrps. Exhibition of Spanish artist Manolo Valdez (b. Valencia 1942).

Belo Horizante: EDUSP; C/Arte; FAPESP, 2007. b/w, duo tone and color plates, ports., tbls., visual poetry, cat., facs., bibl. (p. 136-147), color pict. fldg. wrps. The conceptual works of Anna Bella Geiger are the focus of this study. Beginning in the 1960s, her works are characterized for her ideas questioning the nature of art and its system. The artist also deals with ideological order conflicts and politics of Brazilian history as she experienced it. Her key themes of work cover education, the aboriginal question and the formation of a proud national identity, and the military regimen. The form and the presentation of these objects seek participation of the public. Anna Bella contribution to contemporary art in Brazil has been significant. She has bequeathed an approach between the artistic field and other areas of human production that include ethical, historical, social, economic tensions, and artistic politics. This study includes her extensive work on: artists books, experimental art, video… Read More

Caracas: Juan Carlos Jácome, 1993. color plates, ports., bibl., ind., color pict. d.w. Photographs of Sea and Land in Mochima. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

Bogotá: Tormenta Ediciones, 2022. b/w plates, plus tipped in plate on last page, wrps. with exposed stitched binding (Japanese bookbinding). "The largest body after the universe itself" is a photobook that describes "THE GREAT FLOOD" of Puerto Colombia, Atlantic. It contains analog photographs, digital photographs and drawings, which build a false chorographic archive that documents the day after the event. In this way, this publication is mainly crossed by common languages of historical representation and by symbolic appropriations around the growth of waters, colonialism, the problems of aesthetic representation on the landscape and the systems of approach to Colombian history and territory. This fiction arises from foundational myths and popular predictions about the end of the world, as a result of changes in the ocean current, the growing violence in the country and the progressive destruction of the coasts as a sign of decadence and anti-progress at the beginning of the 20th century. XX. The… Read More

Caracas: Fundación Cisneros, 2005. b/w and color plates, ports., wrps. Examination through interviews woven together over the course of several years of the work of one of Venzuela's most noted artists who is internationally recognized for his optical/abstract work. Important contribution to the literature. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

Caracas: Sala Mendoza, 1998. color plates, bio./chron., pasteboard wrps. in Wire-O binding. Brazilian artist, born 1961. Seven pieces of assemblage and installation from her work in the 1990s, five of which were loaned from private collections.

Perú: Fundación del Banco Continental para el Fomento de la Educación y la Cultura, 1996. b/w and color plates, ports., illus., bibl., ind., illus. endpapers, pict. d.w. MAJOR MONOGRAPH on Peruvian Masks by one of the pioneers in the study of indigenous dance, masks, music. BASIC REFERENCE.

México: Fomento Cultural Banamex, 2001. color frontis, b/w and color plates, ind., facs., chron., maps, black cloth boards, color pict. d.j. An artistic review of historical projects and documents that made Mexico evolve, as a nation. Includes paintings, decorative arts, furniture, lithography and especially strong on paintings (both portraits and landscapes). The richness of the texts and the many color reproductions make of this an excellent BASIC REFERENCE. ENGLISH TEXT. English edition limited to 2000.

Chía, Colombia: Universidad de La Sabana, 2019. color plates, diags., recipes, gloss., bibliographical references (pages 262-263) and index (pages 264-265), illus. endpapers, color pict. boards. Winner of the "Gourmand World Cookbook Awards". As an experienced cook in fish and seafood, chef Daniel Jíménez Guzmán has learned to create culinary art around this wonderful product, always looking for quality and respect both in the selection and transformation and in the creation of a recipe based on technique. 50 recipes inspired, mostly, by his Colombian roots. CONTENTS: Prólogo -- introducción -- Capítulo 1. Pesca y consumo responsable -- Capítulo 2. Indicadores de calidad para la selección del pescado -- Capítulo 3. El pescado y sus partes -- Capítulo 4. Clasificación del pescado -- Capítulo 5. Aprovechamiento de las partes del pescado y sus cortes -- Capítulo 6. Los cuchillos e implementos para los pescados -- Capítulo 7. Sabor y conservación del pescado -- Capítulo 8. El pescado en… Read More

Villahermosa: Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco, Instituto de Cultura de Tabasco, 1987. b/w plates, bibl., wrps. Graphic art of the 1980s from contemporary artist (b. Tabasco, 1942).

México: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes CONACULTA, 2004. color plates, b/w port. frontis, bibl, color pict. boards. Brief overview of Obregón's (1896-1961) work as one of the most influential Mexican born architects of the 20th century.

Santiago, Chile: Municipalidad de Santiago; Ambassade de France de Chile, 2009. b/w and color plates., ports., facs., draws, plans, cat., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 663759481. Biography and catalogue of the architectural production of architect Eugene Joannon (b. France 1860 - d. Santiago 1938) in Chile. One of the most important contributions of modernist architect Joannon to Chilean architecture is his understanding of the geographical and earthquake conditions of the country, implementing for the time new French technologies and developments into the design and construction of large buildings. He applied innovative mechanics of materials, he was a pioneer on reinforced concrete, in using blocks between floors, and of all 20th century modernity ternds that in Chile were accelerated by the (1906) earthquake of Valparaìso. "Because of the earthquakes, buildings were constructed lower, but after the use of reinforced concrete, its height began to increase. Printed outside of commerce.

Havana; Madrid: Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana, 2008. b/w and color plates, color frontis, ports., facs., cat., bio/chron., appens., color pict. d.j. A book dedicated to the least known facet of master artist Amelia Peláez (b. Cuba 1896-1915): her facet as a ceramist. Peláez, considered one of the pioneers of the Cuban artistic avant-garde movement of the mid-20th century was also a member of the Santiago de las Vegas workshop in the decade of the 1950's. This edition analyses in detail her ceramic creation process and diverse production, and its relationship to her painting. Critical texts by Ramón Vázquez Díaz, Cuban art researcher and specialist in Amelia Peláez's work, José Veigas and Carmen Peláez, the artist's recently deceased sister. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

Puebla, Méx: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 2006. b/w and color plates, illus., ports., bibl.(p. 155-157)., cat., bibl., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 122910784. The book reviews the history, architecture and ornamental details with special attention to the tile decorated façade of the 18th century house located in downtown Puebla, México now the University Art Museum. The book dedicates a section to study the origin (Greece or Thailand) and meaning of the 18th century tiles that shape out the "muñecos" (figures) decorating the façade along a presenting a catalogue of selected pieces from the extraordinary collection of colonial paintings from famed artists such as Cristóbal de Villalpando, Juan Tinoco, Cástulo Portilla, Diego de Borgraf, Agustín Arrieta, and others. Este libro se refiere a una investigación de la Casa de los Muñecos en Puebla que ahora alberga el Museo de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla a fin de conocer más sobre la historia del inmueble, sus… Read More