Houses of Mexico : origins and traditions / / Verna Cook Shipway and Warren Shipway

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786939403321
• Autore: Shipway Verna Cook <1890->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Architectural Book Publishing, , 2012; ©1970
• ISBN: 1-58979-644-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 728.0972
• Soggetti: Historic buildings - Mexico; Architecture, Domestic - Mexico
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: FOREWORD; PICTURE LOCATIONS; MÉXICO; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; GLOSSARY
• Sommario/riassunto: This book delves into the roots of the bold yet elegant Mexican style, illustrated with many photographs from Spain and Portugal reflecting the Moorish influence. In addition to coverage of the architecture of the houses, the book shows other spatial and decorative elements, including iron gates and grilles, stairways, and old paintings, combs, ceramics, character figures, and ancient pre-Columbian figurines.