DEL TERRITORIO A LA ARQUITECTURA EN EL OBISPADO DE MICHOACÁN, VOLS. I, II.; Coordinadores: Carlos Salvador Paredes Martínez... [et al.]

Morelia, Michoacán: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Consejo Nacional para la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 2008. color and b/w plates, maps, facs., tbls., chts., graphs, diags., bibl., index, color pict. wrps. Item #88983
ISBN: 9707033711

The most detailed architectural study and inventory of Michoacán region during the colonial period that has been printed. The study is the result of a multi- disciplinary group investigation between institutions in Mexico. The book has two main themes: the architecture of habitable space and the dynamics and organization and urban structure in relation to the population. There are 42 contributions by noted scholars divided into six parts. The last chapter is a survey of architecture throughout Latin America. Contents: Población, poblamientos y reorganización de los asentamientos humanos en la Temprana Época Colonial -- Apropiación, control y territorialidad en la concepción y construcción del territorio -- Los Asentamientos Humanos y sus espacios -- Arquitectura religiosa en el contexto del territorio y de los asentamientos humanos -- Tecnología y tradición constructiva -- Del territorio a la arquitectura en América colonial. AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000. Sold as set.

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