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

Buenos Aires: Papel Picado Ediciones; The author, 2005. b/w and color plates, facs., illus., mus. notes, tbls., color pict. fldg wrps. The book is a register of the annual Buenos Aires Carnival (Carnaval de Buenos Aires) from 1970-2004. The 2 day event celebrated each February in the streets of Buenos Aires features murga parades (inspired in musical elements from the Afro-American candombe rhythms), colorful costumes, water bombs and many other activities. The edition documents this urban folklore genre from 1970 to 2004 through the voices of famous carnival murga personages: El Loco Mingo, Pichila and Yamil, El Tucu, El Marciano, La Loba, El Pacha and many others. Includes brief information on 12 Mugra Centers (foundation year, practicing location, colors, etc.). LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

La Habana: Club Cubano de Bellas Artes, 1925. plus 2 lvs. of green rice paper with illustrated advts., plus Errata slip inserted (N.B.), loose as issued, plus 1 bussines card from "Antonio Rodriguez Morey. Director del Museo Nacional", loose as issued, b/w pict. wrps. The central purpose of this publication was clearly reflected in its initial number: "to improve and develop the cultivation of Fine Arts in Cuba, both in its practical and in the theoretical sense" and, like the institution that governed it, kept in its various pages devoted to painting, music, theater, literature and history. It had special significance that dedicated to the bibliographic comments, which was written at different times by Enrique García Cabrera, Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, Salvador Salazar, Emeterio Santovenia and Marinello himself. Other collaborators of the magazine were Jorge Mañach, Enrique José Varona, Guillermo Martínez Márquez and the brothers Néstor and Miguel Ángel Carbonell. Apparently, the last… Read More

Guanajuato: Ediciones La Rana, 2000. b/w plates, bibl., bio/chrons., color pict. fldg. wrps. History of the diferent aspects of the art in Guanajuato. Some highlights: Guanajuato prehispánico, Barroco, Neoclásico, Siglo XX. Includes biographical information of different artists born in Guanajuato like Mardonio Magaña Camacho, Antonio Segoviano, Eloisa Jiménez Gutiérrez, Diego Rivera, among others. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Chihuahua, México: Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua, 2006. color plates, map, cat., color pict. d.j. The book is a collection of 180 color images of the public monuments and historic and modern architecture of the city of Chihuahua in northern México with brief descriptions of each site. Includes "beyond the city" images: other state cities, the desert landscapes, the tarahumara Indians. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1300.

París: Édicions Cercle d'Art, 2000. b/w and color plates, ports., cat., bio/chron., color pict. d.j.

Lima: Juan Gutemberg Editores, Editores Impresores EIRL, 2019. b/w and color plates, bibliographical references (p.176-178), pict. wrps. The book documents the archaeological works in sector VIII "Las Llamas" of the archaeological site of Choquequirao, recognized as an urban center, a fortress and an Inca ceremonial center with features common to others in Cusco, especially Machu Picchu. "Most of the articles in this book have been published in advance in a span of no more than ten years." (HKB Translation) --Page x. CONTENTS: Presentacion -- Introduccion -- Arqueologia y arte en dos viajeros franceses del siglo XIX. el caso de Choquequiarao -- Arquitectura y contexto arqueologico, sector VII, andenes "Las Llamas" de Choquequirao -- Excavaciones arqueologicas en un "basural" del sector VIII, subsector G, de Choquequirao -- Analisis e implicancias de un remanenete del sistema vial Tahuantinsuyu en Choquequirao. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 COPIES.

Porto: Fólio Edições, 2005. b/w plates, illus., facs., plans, elevations, facs., maps, color pict. wrps. Monthly texts written by architect Pulido Valente (b. Portugal) between 2002 and 2004 with strong critical and moralist message against the state policies regarding architecture and urban planning. This rebellious Portuguese architect that claims for a "Popular Revolution" favors social architecture and as the title of the book says "rows against the tide" with his antagonist positions against capitalism, mass market and globalization. LIMITED EDITON OF 1000.

Santiago de Chile: Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración, 2006. b/w and color plates, facs., maps., tbls., meas. draws, cat., bibls., color pict. fldg. wrps. The book presents the research, documentation, restoration and conservation works for several 19th century temples and chapels of the communities in the valleys of Elqui and Limarí (Coquimbo, northern Chile) damaged as a consequence of the devastating earthquake of 1997. The edition includes the catalogue of patrimony, reports of several specialists regarding the restoration, documentation and conservation proceedings in the architecture, altarpieces, paintings and overall rich colonial artistic patrimony. The project was promoted by the Archbishop of La Serena and coordinated by Paula Valenzuela Contreras of the National Center of Conservation and Restoration (CNCR).

Santiago: Univ. de Chile, Taller Gráf. del Dept. de Biología, 1969. plus 16 tinted plates, wrps.

Salvador, Bahia: Centro de Estudos Bahianos, 1943. (Worn wrps.). wrps.

Managua, Nicaragua: INISER, 2001. b/w and color plates, port., color pict. d.j., OCLC: 51168499. Handsome, large-format production with numerous color plates. The lengthy essay on the hyperrealist Nicaraguan painter (b. 1953) is in Spanish and English. Photographs: Anibal Vivas Chavarría ... [et al.]. English translation: Angeles Bermúdez Pérez.

Santiago de Chile: Hilo Azul, 2010. (New). port. frontis, color and b/w plates, ports., facs., bibl., (p 304-306), boards., color pict. d.j. Cover title reads: "LA LENTE Y LA PLUMA: VIDA Y OBRA DE CARLOS DORLHIAC". OCLC: 713882958. Study and documents the early 20th century artist (b. Chile, 1880-1973) who played an important role in the arts in Chile during the worldwide major revolution in art at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for pen and ink drawings, works on paper with themes of workers and nature. Interestingly, however, the author discovered in writing this book a unknown facet of his work: photography. This is the first time that his photography is documented along with the works on paper. Contents: Prólogo del Editor / Juan Pablo Simian L. -- Introducción -- I. De Burdeos a Chile - II. El arte desde el Sur -- III. El arte en Santiago -- IV. Dorlhiac en el arte Chileno -- V. La obra: fotografia -- VI. La obra de dibujo -- VII. La posteridad -- Dibujos a lápiz - "Manchitas"… Read More

Managua: Códice Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, 1997. b/w and color plates, 6 fldg. plates, ports., cat., bio/chrons., color pict. d.j. over wrps. Monograph of renowned (b. Nicaragua 1922) painter and sculptor, Fernando Saravia. The book was issued to commemorate his 75th birthday. Saravia has had over 19 individual as well as collective exhibitions and was awarded Primer Premio at the Exposición de Artes e Industrias in Mexico; in 1979 Premio la Prensa Literaria de escultura with his artwork "La victoria de Pedro Joaquin", and in 1990 the Nicaraguan Government honored him with the "Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío"

Buenos Aires: Edics. Fundación Antorchas, 1989. b/w plates, ports., plan, maps, bibl., wrps. Early documentary photography of Bariloche, Argentina, during it's pioneer days from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Numbered ENGLISH edition of 1000.

México, D.F.: De venta en la Tip. de la Test. de A.V. Arroyo. 2a de Santa Teresa 40. México, 8211. (marginal water stains, o/w VG+). 1 print on ground wood paper : halftone relief, with text in letterpress, folding sewing/embroidery patterns inserted in illustrated wrappers. CHAP BOOK with graphic work of José Guadalupe Posada with samples for crochet knitting with samples of patterns in sheet folded accordion style. OCLC has one copy. SCARCE.

Guadalajara, Jalisco: Secretaria de Cultura de Jalisco, 2000. b/w plates, maps, plans, meas. draws., ind., wrps. Massive analysis and plan for the historic center of Guadalajara, Mexico and conservation and restoration directed by leading authority. This study won the national prize for architectural conservation in Mexico. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Río de Janeiro: Casa da Palavra, 2002. color plates, maps, ports., plans, bio/chrons., endpapers with photographs, pict. wrps. With a population of more than 130,000 and divided in 16 communities, Maré is the major complex of shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro. This book plunges into its sometimes projected and sometimes spontaneous architecture, its side streets and alleys, and portraits the daily lives and expectations of the members of the Dance Group of Mare and the way the fight against all odds submerged in the poverty and violence of the favela (shantytown). Texts by: Drauzio Varella, Paola Berenstein Jacques, Ivaldo Bertazzo, and photographs by Pedro Seiblitz.

México, D.F.: Departamento del Distrito Federal; Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1930. (partially detached wrappers and lower section of spine, in. tear in right upper corner of cut-out square, first page ripeded from upper staple; marginal wear and chipping; o/w good copy). color and b/w plates, ports., facs., mus. notes., gold illuminated vignettes, two folios of protective rice paper inserted, tipped-in color plates on fldg. wrps., with gold embossed vignettes. Of much artistic interest. Collaborators include Montenegro, Best Maugard, Leal, Mérida, Orozco Romero, etc. Each issue ususally has short essays on historic architecture or art. Contents: El Padre: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla -- Independencia del pueblo mexicano -- Actuacion economica de Hidalgo -- La toma de la Alhondiga de Granaditas -- Cuitlahuatzin, el soberebio guerrero -- La pintura precortesiana -- La caida de Calleja / por Artemio del Valle Arizpe -- Vida y obra de Alejandro de Humboldt -- Mensaje del prersidednte a las Camaras… Read More

México, D.F.: Departamento del Distrito Federal; Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1930. (partially detached wrappers and lower section of spine in. tear in right upper corner of cut-out square, first page ripeded from upper staple; marginal wear and chipping; some bleeding of some color plates; p. 61 water spot affecting 1 inch of text; 2 pages with marginal tears; o/w good copy). color and b/w plates, ports., facs., tipped-in color plates on wrps, with gold embossed vignettes. Of much artistic interest. Collaborators include Montenegro, Best Maugard, Leal, Mérida, Orozco Romero, etc. one full page color plate by Hugo Brehme. Each issue ususally has short essays on historic architecture or art. Contents: Paisaje de la grandeza Mexicana -- Masacaras mexicanas -- Que hacer los domingos! / Salvador Novo -- Paneles y azulejos policromos -- Sonido 13 / por Julian Carrillo -- La danza / ensayos esteticos de Samuel Ramos -- El paisaje mexicano -- La exposicion Mexicana en los Estados Unidos -- Pinturas… Read More

Niterói, R.J.: Projeto Edit. Niterói Livros, 1994. b/w plates, ports., chron., bibl., ind., wrps. Photographers Victor Frond, Marc Ferrez, Manuel Fonseca, and 7 other work on Nieteroi (Rio de Janeiro) from 1858-1958 both a photographic history and a history of photography in Brazil.