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The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates

09/2022 | 1434 | 164

Pages: 942-944

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Reviewer:

Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)

Subjects

places:

Latin American / Architecture / Urban history / Urban planning / Architects

places:

Buenos Aires / Havana / Santiago de Chile / Mexico City / Rio de Janeiro / Lima

Reviewed Items

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The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates Edited by Idurre Alonso and Maristella Casciato. 324 pp. incl. 154 col. + 24 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2021), £55. ISBN 978–1–60606–694–2. | :

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6. ‘Raymond Special’ on the Metlac Bridge, Mexico CityVeracruz, by Charles Betts Waite. c.1897. Gelatin silver print, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).

Article

Spatial rhetoric: echoes of Madrid’s Alcázar in palaces overseas

03/2021 | 1416 | 163

Pages: 236-243

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Author:

Luengo, Pedro (Luengo, Pedro)

Subjects

buildings:

Alcázar, Madrid, Spain / Alcazar, Seville, Spain / Viceregal Palace (National Palace), Mexico City , Mexico

places:

South America

places:

Lima

places:

Bogotá, Colombia

subjects:

Spanish architecture / South America / Palaces / Monarchy / Staircases / Chapels / Galleries (display spaces) / Courts (social groups)

Illustrations

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1. The proclamation of Philip V in front of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Filippo Palotta. 1700. Pen, ink and wash, 47.3 by 135 cm. (Museo de Historia de Madrid).

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2. Plan of the first floor of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. 1626. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 49 by 62 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).

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3. The tribune in the transept of the chapel, El Escorial, Spain. (Photograph © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).

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4. Plan of the chapel in the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. c.1660. Pen and ink on paper, 19.5 by 28.6 cm. (Madrid, Archivo General de Palacio, Sección Histórica, caja 51 (1), fol.186r; © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).

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5. Reconstruction of the plan of a proposed royal palace, Naples, by Domenico Fontana. c.1600. (From P.C. Verde: Domenico Fontana a Napoli. 1592–1607, Naples 2007, p.78).

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6 and 7. Plans of the ground and first floor of the viceregal palace, Mexico City. c.1771. Ink and red gouache on paper, 42.5 by 49 cm; and 40 by 48 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Mexico City, MP-MEXICO,105).

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8. Detail of a map of Lima, showing the viceregal palace between the fountain and the river. Engraving, 38 by 53 cm. (From J. Mulder: Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes, 1688; photograph National Library of Spain, Madrid).

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9. Plan of the top floor of the viceregal palace, Bogotá, by Juan Jimenez Donoso. 1781. Coloured manuscript on paper, 54 by 54 cm. (Archivo General Militar, Madrid).

Article

New sources for Melchiorre Cafà’s 1665 sculpture of Rose of Lima

05/2016 | 1358 | 158

Pages: 345–348

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Author:

Kinew, Shawon (Kinew, Shawon)

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artists:

Cafà, Melchiorre

artists:

Gisleni, Giovanni Battista / Quaranta, Orazio

dates:

1650-1699

places:

Lima / Peru

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Marbles / Religious art / Baroque / Poetry / Funerary art / Funerary structures / Inscriptions / Critical Reception

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Visual sources

Illustrations

Attributed works:

16. Rose of Lima with an angel, by Melchiorre Cafà. 1665 (Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima)

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17. Tomb of Giovan Battista Gisleni, by Giovan Battista Gisleni, portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet, with epitaph by Orazio Quaranta. 1672 (Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome)

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18. Detail of Fig.16

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