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Subject(s)

• Architecture—Cuba—History—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Interior architecture—Cuba—History—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Interior decoration—Cuba—History—Pictorial works [Browse]

Photographer

• Winebrenner, Brent [Browse]

Book designer

• Vignelli, Massimo [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Illustrated works [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illustrated books [Browse]

Summary note

An unprecedented tour of stunning and architecturally significant Cuban palacios, mansions, and private homes that have been meticulously preserved, previously un-photographed, and inaccessible to visitors. At a time when more travelers are rediscovering Cuba, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a different view of the island's cultural achievements. It presents not the picturesque Cuba of Castro's era, with its derelict buildings and peeling paint, but the opulent world of the Spanish Creole aristocracy of the colonial period, with its Mudejar craftsmanship and baroque palacios, the sugarcane plantations (ingenios) and coffee plantations (cafetales), and classically inspired grand mansions.

Notes

Chiefly illustrations.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320).

Contents

• Discovery and exploration
• Settlement and colonization
• Era of sugar prosperity
• Independence and traditionalism
• Republican era and modernization.

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ISBN

• 9780847835676 ((hbk.))
• 0847835677 ((hbk.))

LCCN

2011932183

OCLC

751831706

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