Drawing architecture in 1940s Spain: a study Based on the Revista Nacional de Arquitectura (original) (raw)
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aún por escribir. En este ensayo realizamos una primera aproximación al dibujo de los años cuarenta del siglo pasado, tomando como fuente para nuestra investigación las revistas de arquitectura. palabras clavE: rEprEsEntación arquitEctónica. España. siglo XX A study of the history of representation of architecture in Spain has yet to be written. This paper provides an initial approach to the drawing of architecture in the 1940s, using architectural journals as a source for the research.
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EGA. Revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica, 2017
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