"Argentina: The Great Estancias" 1995 Elia, Tomas De and Queiroz, Juan Pablo

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ELIA, Tomas de and QUEIROZ, Juan Pablo

[220] pp.

Rizzoli

1995

11 1/2" x 11 1/4"

A fascinating but strange … Read more ELIA, Tomas de and QUEIROZ, Juan Pablo

[220] pp.

Rizzoli

1995

11 1/2" x 11 1/4"

A fascinating but strange place, Argentina: a land of great but unfulfilled promise, a South American country whose self-image is European. Argentinians' vision of themselves as European asserts itself in the architectural styles in which the houses on the great cattle-ranching estates were designed, many of which would look more at home in the French or English countryside. Twenty-two Argentine ranches are featured here, largely a different selection than that presented in the similar Estancias (1992). Following an introductory history of Argentine cattle ranching, particularly its place in the nation's economy, the reader makes brief but indelible visitations to each ranch by way of gorgeous photographs of houses, gardens, and mountain-backdropped pastures, as well as by text telling each place's history. Travelers and history buffs will linger over every striking page. Brad Hooper
About the Author
Bonifacio Del Carril was one of Argentina's most revered historians, politicians, and cultural leaders of this century. He served as Argentina's Minister of Foreign Relations, as a special diplomatic envoy to the United Nations, and as President of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. He was the author of more than seventy books and articles on subjects ranging from Argentine art and culture to constitutional law. He died in Buenos Aires in December, 1994.

César Aira is a distinguished Argentine author, editor, and translator. He has published twenty novels, among them Ema la Cautiva and La Luz Argentina, as well as essays, literary criticism, and work for the theater. Mr. Aira lives in Buenos Aires.

Tomás de Elia and Juan Pablo Queiroz are natives of Buenos Aires and spent much of their childhoods on Argentina's estancias. They traveled for three years researching and photographing the estancias in this volume. See less