Versión celeste : la obra luminosa de Vicente Rojo en el Monte de Piedad /

Versión celeste : la obra luminosa de Vicente Rojo en el Monte de Piedad /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rojo, VIcente, 1932-., artist.
Uniform title:	Works. Selections.
Imprint:	Ciudad de México : Nacional Monte de Piedad : Ediciones el Viso, 2019.
Description:	80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	Spanish
Subject:	Rojo, Vicente, -- 1932-. -- Versión celeste. Nacional Monte de Piedad (Mexico) -- History. Glass painting and staining -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- 21st century. Ceilings -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- 21st century. -- Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12522342

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Obra luminosa de Vicente Rojo en el Monte de Piedad
Other authors / contributors:	Jacobs, Bárbara, writer of foreword. Itzkowoch, Claudia, writer of supplementary textual content.
ISBN:	9788494962998 849496299X
Notes:	In Spanish.
Summary:	Through interviews with artist Vicente Rojo and his team of architects and artisans, the pages of this book narrate the creation of the stained glass "Version Celestial" (Celestial Version), located on the roof of one of the courtyards of the headquarters of Nacional Monte de Piedad. From the creative process of the artist, his experience, use of materials and inspiration to conclude with the monumental stained-glass window, the publication is illustrated with photographs of the process of elaboration, details of materials and stained glass. Celestial version is the first stained glass ceiling created by the artist, a magnificent work of enormous artistic and architectural relevance.

Table of Contents:

Prólogo. Versión Celeste / Barbara Jacobs
Introducción. Monte de Piedad se reinventa, una vez mas
Historia de una invitación
Vicente Rojo: algunos trazos
Siete decadas de formas geometricas, primer vitral
Los artesanos
Programa un virtal del Siglo XXI
Breve Historia de los vitrales y Versión Celeste.