Bridges: The Art and Science for Creating Community Connections

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.04.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction to the History of Spain and its Civilizations
  2. Geography: Comunidades Autónomas
  3. Roman Architecture: Bridges and Aqueducts
  4. Medieval Bridges
  5. Contemporary Bridges
  6. Strategies
  7. Sample Lesson Plans
  8. Endnotes
  9. Bibliography
  10. Resources
  11. Appendices

Puentes, Civilizaciones y Cultura

Maria Cardalliaguet

Published September 2008

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Bibliography

-Aramburu-Zabala Higuera, Miguel ¡ngel. Arquitectura de puentes en Castilla y León 1575-1650. Junta de Castilla y León: Consejería de Cultura y Turismo. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León, 1992.

Approach to the construction of bridges, architects, masons, materials, etc, in the Middle Ages. The author catalogues mediaeval bridges throughout the provinces in Castile-Leon.

-Bonilla Hernández, José Antonio and Rodríguez Martín, Evaristo (cord.). Puentes singulares de la provincia de Salamanca. Salamanca: Diputación de Salamanca, 2005.

Detailed record of the bridges in the province of Salamanca (Castile-Leon).

-Camacho, Rosario and Miró, Aurora. "Antecedentes del Puente Nuevo de Ronda." Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando 79 (segundo semestre, 1994): 288-314.

Comprehensive documentation on the proposals for the reconstruction of the New Bridge in Ronda, information about the architects, illustrations, etc.

-Cantarino, Vicente. Civilización y Cultura de España. Prentice Hall, 2006.

Basic political, economic, social, cultural and religious information of the Spanish history.

-Fanfani, Alberto. Santiago Calatrava: Los Puentes. Random House Mondadori, 2005.

Description and pictures of various works of the Spanish architect.

-Fernandez Troyano, Leonardo. "Variantes morfológicas de los puentes medievales españoles." Revista de Obras Públicas 3 (2005): 11-34.

Detailed overview of the Spanish Mediaeval bridges. The author describes and compares Romanesque and Gothic bridges.

-G"ssel, Peter (Ed.) and Jodidio, Philip. Calatrava. Taschen, 2007.

-Jodidio, Philip. Santiago Calatrava: Complete Works 1979-2007. Taschen, 2007.

Monographic volume that explores Santiago Calatrava´s career.

-Jodidio, Philip. Santiago Calatrava. K"ln: Taschen, 2003.

Scrupulous review of the architect's projects. Includes many great pictures and some of Calatrava´s drawings.

-Melida, José Ramón. Monumentos romanos de España: noticia descriptiva. Madrid: V. Rico, 1925.

General account of the most famous Spanish Roman monuments.

-O´Connor, Colin. Roman Bridges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

The author lists, describes and examines many Roman bridges, in many cases illustrating them with pictures.

-Taracena, Blas. Ars Hispaniae: Historia universal del arte hispánico. Madrid: Plus-Ultra, 1947-.

Complete study of the history of the Spanish art including architecture, sculpture, mosaics and paintings in all the artistic styles.

-Tzonis, Alexander. The Poetics of Movement. New York: Universe, 1999.

Description of Santiago Calatrava´s projects carefully documented with drawings, sketches and pictures.

-Tzonis, Alexander and Caso Donadei, R. Santiago Calatrava: Los Puentes. Random House Mondadori, 2007.

Overview of Calatrava as a bridge designer, analyzing the architect's contribution to the field. Study of over thirty of his bridges with illustrations, pictures and sketches.

-Tzonis, Alexander. Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works- Expanded Edition. New York: Rizzoli, 2007.

This edition offers and updated account of Calatrava´s pieces of work, including drawings, sculptures and furniture designs.

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