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José Gelabert-Navia

José Gelabert-Navia, Oscar Riera Ojeda

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Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited
03 November 2022

Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial

Series: Masterpiece Series

The beauty of regional China captured with exquisite mastery in 23 original, exhibition-quality drawings by a leading architect

Between 1915 and 1917 the Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev wrote a series of twenty piano pieces. While playing them for a gatheringof friends, the poet Konstantin Balmont wrote a sonnet which entitled Mimolyotnosti which Kira Nikolayevna would translate as Visions fugitives.

Inspired by these dazzling miniatures, I have assembled a jewel box containing twenty individual felt-tip drawings on watercolor paper capturing fugitive visions of China.

For a country that has of late been focused on the future, I have been fascinated by the search for a true contemporary regional language in traditional Chinese architecture and painting.

The intricate and careful composition in relation to landscape and light has been a continual revelation, as evidenced by the Summer Palace on the outskirts of Beijing and vanishing water towns such as Zhujiajiao, known as the 'Venice of Shanghai.'

Illustrated by: José Gelabert-Navia
Edited by: Oscar Riera Ojeda
Imprint: Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 225mm,
Weight: 225g
ISBN: 9781946226563
ISBN 10: 1946226564
Series: Masterpiece Series
Pages: 25
Publication Date: 03 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jose A. Gelabert-Navia is a Professor and former Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami. A graduate of Cornell University, Jose has been part of the Faculty since 1981. His primary teaching focus has been in the areas of Architectural Design and History of Colonialism and Globalization in Architecture. He was the founder of the School's Rome Program and as part of it, he teaches a course in Italian Culture every Spring. Prof. Gelabert-Navia has been the author of numerous articles and has also been a practicing architect, directing the Miami office of Perkins + Will. He has lectured in Europe and Latin America, most recently on the Sustainable Hospital in Brasilia and in Santiago, Chile this year.

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José Gelabert-Navia

José Gelabert-Navia, Oscar Riera Ojeda

$110

Hardback

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