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El Obispo Espada Y Su Influencia En La Cultura Cubana
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Book Synopsis Buen Gusto and Classicism in the Visual Cultures of Latin America, 1780-1910 by : Paul B. Niell
Download or read book Buen Gusto and Classicism in the Visual Cultures of Latin America, 1780-1910 written by Paul B. Niell and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promotion of classicism in the visual arts in late eighteenth and nineteenth-century Latin America and the need to “revive” buen gusto (good taste) are the themes of this collection of essays. The contributors provide new insights into neoclassicism and buen gusto as cultural, not just visual, phenomena in the late colonial and early national periods and promote new approaches to the study of Latin American art history and visual culture. The essays examine neoclassical visual culture from assorted perspectives. They consider how classicism was imposed, promoted, adapted, negotiated, and contested in myriad social, political, economic, cultural, and temporal situations. Case studies show such motivations as the desire to impose imperial authority, to fashion the nationalist self, and to form and maintain new social and cultural ideologies. The adaptation of classicism and buen gusto in the Americas was further shaped by local factors, including the realities of place and the influence of established visual and material traditions.
Book Synopsis Urban Space as Heritage in Late Colonial Cuba by : Paul Niell
Download or read book Urban Space as Heritage in Late Colonial Cuba written by Paul Niell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to national legend, Havana, Cuba, was founded under the shade of a ceiba tree whose branches sheltered the island's first Catholic mass and meeting of the town council (cabildo) in 1519. The founding site was first memorialized in 1754 by the erection of a baroque monument in Havana's central Plaza de Armas, which was reconfigured in 1828 by the addition of a neoclassical work, El Templete. Viewing the transformation of the Plaza de Armas from the new perspective of heritage studies, this book investigates how late colonial Cuban society narrated Havana's founding to valorize Spanish imperial power and used the monuments to underpin a local sense of place and cultural authenticity, civic achievement, and social order. Paul Niell analyzes how Cubans produced heritage at the site of the symbolic ceiba tree by endowing the collective urban space of the plaza with a cultural authority that used the past to validate various place identities in the present. Niell's close examination of the extant forms of the 1754 and 1828 civic monuments, which include academic history paintings, neoclassical architecture, and idealized sculpture in tandem with period documents and printed texts, reveals a "dissonance of heritage"—in other words, a lack of agreement as to the works' significance and use. He considers the implications of this dissonance with respect to a wide array of interests in late colonial Havana, showing how heritage as a dominant cultural discourse was used to manage and even disinherit certain sectors of the colonial population.
Book Synopsis The History of Physics in Cuba by : Angelo Baracca
Download or read book The History of Physics in Cuba written by Angelo Baracca and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a broad spectrum of authors, both from inside and from outside Cuba, who describe the development of Cuba's scientific system from the colonial period to the present. It is a unique documentation of the self-organizing power of a local scientific community engaged in scientific research on an international level. The first part includes several contributions that reconstruct the different stages of the history of physics in Cuba, from its beginnings in the late colonial era to the present. The second part comprises testimonies of Cuban physicists, who offer lively insights from the perspective of the actors themselves. The third part presents a series of testimonies by foreign physicists, some of whom were directly involved in developing Cuban physics, in particular in the development of teaching and research activities in the early years of the Escuela de Física. The fourth part of the volume deals with some of the issues surrounding the publishing of scientific research in Cuba. Cuba’s recent history and current situation are very controversial issues. Little is known about the development and status of higher education and scientific research on the island. However, Cuba has one of the highest proportions in the world of people with a university degree or doctorate and is known for its highly developed medical system. This book focuses on a comprehensive overview of the history of the development of one specific scientific discipline: physics in Cuba. It traces the evolution of an advanced research system in a developing country and shows a striking capacity to link the development of modern research with the concrete needs of the country and its population. A little known aspect is the active participation of several “western” physicists and technicians during the 1960s, the role of summer schools, organized by French, Italian, and other western physicists, as well as the active collaboration with European universities.
Download or read book Félix Varela written by Félix Varela and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible treatise on moral philosophy cautions against irreligiousness, superstition and fanaticism. Written by a founding father of New York Catholicism who was also the father of Cuban nationalism.
Book Synopsis Urban Identity and the Atlantic World by : E. Fay
Download or read book Urban Identity and the Atlantic World written by E. Fay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The constant flow of people, ideas, and commodities across the Atlantic propelled the development of a public sphere. Chapters explore the multiple ways in which a growing urban consciousness influenced national and international cultural and political intersections.
Book Synopsis Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America by : Maya Stanfield-Mazzi
Download or read book Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America written by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking the role of the artist and recovering the work of unacknowledged creators in colonial society This volume addresses and expands the role of the artist in colonial Latin American society, featuring essays by specialists in the field that consider the ways society conceived of artists and the ways artists defined themselves. Broadening the range of ways that creativity can be understood, contributors show that artists functioned as political figures, activists, agents in commerce, definers of a canon, and revolutionaries. Chapters provide studies of artists in Peru, Mexico, and Cuba between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Instead of adopting the paradigm of individuals working alone to chart new artistic paths, contributors focus on human relationships, collaborations, and exchanges. The volume offers new perspectives on colonial artworks, some well known and others previously overlooked, including discussions of manuscript painting, featherwork, oil painting, sculpture, and mural painting. Most notably, the volume examines attitudes and policies related to race and ethnicity, exploring various ethnoracial dynamics of artists within their social contexts. Through a decolonial lens not often used in the art history of the era and region, Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America examines artists’ engagement in society and their impact within it. Contributors: Derek S. Burdette | Ananda Cohen-Aponte | Emily C. Floyd | Aaron M. Hyman | Barbara E. Mundy | Linda Marie Rodriguez | Jennifer R. Saracino | Maya Stanfield-Mazzi | Margarita Vargas-Betancourt Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Book Synopsis Catalog of the Cuban and Caribbean Library, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida by : University of Miami. Cuban and Caribbean Library
Download or read book Catalog of the Cuban and Caribbean Library, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida written by University of Miami. Cuban and Caribbean Library and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the Cuban Nation: Illustration, freedom of commerce (from 1790 up to 1857) by :
Download or read book A History of the Cuban Nation: Illustration, freedom of commerce (from 1790 up to 1857) written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tomás Romay and the Origin of Science in Cuba by : José López Sánchez
Download or read book Tomás Romay and the Origin of Science in Cuba written by José López Sánchez and published by Havana : Ensayo Book Institute. This book was released on 1967 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Personalidades Cubanas by : Fermín Peraza Sarausa
Download or read book Personalidades Cubanas written by Fermín Peraza Sarausa and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historic Cities of the Americas [2 volumes] by : David F. Marley
Download or read book Historic Cities of the Americas [2 volumes] written by David F. Marley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-09-12 with total page 1031 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With rare maps, prints, and photographs, this unique volume explores the dramatic history of the Americas through the birth and development of the hemisphere's great cities. Written by award-winning author David F. Marley, Historic Cities of the Americas covers the hard-to-find information of these cities' earliest years, including the unique aspects of each region's economy and demography, such as the growth of local mining, trade, or industry. The chronological layout, aided by the numerous maps and photographs, reveals the exceptional changes, relocations, destruction, and transformations these cities endured to become the metropolises they are today. Historic Cities of the Americas provides over 70 extensively detailed entries covering the foundation and evolution of the most significant urban areas in the western hemisphere. Critically researched, this work offers a rare look into the times prior to Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492 and explores the common difficulties overcome by these European-conquered or -founded cities as they flourished into some of the most influential locations in the world.
Book Synopsis Catalog of the Latin American Collection by : University of Texas at Austin. Library. Latin American Collection
Download or read book Catalog of the Latin American Collection written by University of Texas at Austin. Library. Latin American Collection and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revista de Historia de América by : Silvio Zavala
Download or read book Revista de Historia de América written by Silvio Zavala and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes sections "Reseñas de libros," "Revistas" and "Bibliografía de historia de América."
Book Synopsis The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints by : Library of Congress
Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics by : Roy P. Domenico
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics written by Roy P. Domenico and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does religion have a place in politics? This work reveals the global reach and relevance of Christian political activities, examining how individuals, reform groups, and political organisations have employed Christian principles in participating in politics at a local, national, and global scale.
Download or read book Smoking Guns written by Asiris M. Cruz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Just Defense of the Natural Freedom of Slaves by : Epifanio (de Moirans, Fr., O.F.M. Cap.)
Download or read book A Just Defense of the Natural Freedom of Slaves written by Epifanio (de Moirans, Fr., O.F.M. Cap.) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a translation of one voice crying out against the evils of slavery - few of these voices existed in the Roman Catholic Church of the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Slave-owners refused to listen, but if they did, they defended and supported slavery. Those who spoke up were often silenced by state and church officials. The main contribution of this work is to make available a unique text in both transcription and translation that reviews and refutes a series of arguments used in colonial times to support slavery."