Jorge Jimenez Deredia (4 results)

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. 1ª Edición. 132 p. ; 20x14 cms., ilustraciones b/n. Incluye dos láminas sueltas con esculturas del autor, una con su firma. Esculturas costarricences (A-260). Dedicatoria autógrafa del autor.

Cartonato. Condition: new. Firenze, Giardino di Boboli, Limonaia del Giardino di Boboli, Palazzo Pitti, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazzale della Galleria degli Uffizi, June 14 - September 24, 2006.Firenze, Giardino di Boboli, Limonaia del Giardino di Boboli, Palazzo Pitti, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazzale della Galleria degli Uffizi, June 14 - September 24, 2006.Edited by A. Paolucci and Medri L. M.Firenze, Giardino di Boboli, Limonaia del Giardino di Boboli, Palazzo Pitti, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazzale della Galleria degli Uffizi, 14 giugno - 24 settembre 2006.English and Spanish Text.Pontedera, 2006; hardback, pp. 142, col. ill., col. plates, cm 29x33. Libro. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The book presents stunning page-sized photographs of the work of Hungarian sculptor Boldizsar Szmrecsanyi. Text in Hungarian, Japanese, English and French. Minor wear on the dust jacket and covers. 147 pp. Size 31 x 24 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: New. From June to November 2009, for the first time, the city of Rome will host the 'La Ruta de la Paz' exhibition. The aim of the exhibition is to present the project of this name by the Costarican sculptor Deredia to create nine sculptural complexes located in nine towns in the American continent: from Canada to Tierra del Fuego, and involving the United States of America, Mexico, Yucatan, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru and Chile, it will constitute a common thread of ideas, linking peoples and legends, myths and traditions, life and symbols. The project is inspired by the pre-Colombian stone spheres built by the ancient Boruca Indians of Costa Rica about 2,000 years ago. The sphere symbolizes the transmutation of matter while the circle represents the human being's search for self. These two factors point to a unitary, global conception of existence and the universe, summoning the ancestral values inherent in Man. Deredia has analyzed and re-interpreted the importance of a symbol that is predominant in many cultures. He has also created a link between the spherical components of the nine sculptural complexes and the main constellations of the countries involved, by aligning the spheres with the stars.…