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Title: Revolution of Forms: Cuba's Forgotten Art Schools by John A. Loomis ISBN: 1-56898-157-0 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Source on The 5 Schools
Comment: This book is the best source out there on these schools. It covers the politics of the time in Cuba, the design process, and all of the schools. I only wish it had more detailed information on the catalan vault system. There are great photos and floorplans, but no sections or construction drawings.
Rating: 5
Summary: An intensely emotional story of passion against bureaucracy
Comment: If you are willing to tackle a superbly written book on the architecture of these buildings, you will find that the real art in this book is Loomis' telling of the intensely human story of the people who created them. Through the many details of Loomis' excellent research, the reader becomes part of the early days of post-revolutionary Cuba; first feeling the inspiration of the creation of these uniquely beautiful buildings and then the despair at their inevitable fall from grace. Not incidentally, the book also is an excellent reference on bureaucratic destruction (more powerful than a wrecking ball...)
If John had only given a little more information on how the Catalan arch can be constructed without scaffolding, the book would have been perfect.
I'm now considering reading "Ay, Cuba! : A Socio-Erotic Journey" (by Andrei Codrescu) as a chaser, but contrast of styles could cause permanent neural fracturing...
Rating: 5
Summary: Informative and well researched
Comment: I think that John A. Loomis was very through in his research of Cuba's forgotten Art Schools. He put a lot of time and work into making this book as informative and educational as possible. The comparisons of the art schools in the 60's to how they are today is remarkable. He shows how over time the once beautiful and rapidly developing Cuba has been forgotten and now is quickly deteriorating and losing it's beauty. I think that John A. Loomis wrote this book with a lot of knowledge and understanding of Cuba and it's art schools.
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Title: The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925 - 1965 by Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, Lorna Scott Fox ISBN: 1568982100 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Cuba: 400 Years of Architectural Heritage by Rachel Carley, Andrea Brizzi ISBN: 0823011283 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Art Cuba : The New Generation by Holly Block ISBN: 0810957337 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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Title: Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis by Joseph L. Scarpaci, Roberto Segre, Mario Coyula, Andres Duany ISBN: 0807853690 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Contemporary Art From Cuba (English-Spanish edition) by Gerardo Mosquera, Antonio Eligio, Arizona State University University Art Museum, Marilyn Zeitlin, Tonel Antonio Eligio Fernandez, Marilyn A. Zeitlin ISBN: 0929445058 Publisher: Delano Greenidge Editions Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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