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Fazendas: The Great Houses and Plantations of Brazil

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A very beautiful collection of the best traditional "fazendas" depicting the wealthy lifestyles of that period. A great resource for portuguese colonial furniture with Brazilian hardwoods - a great combination !

Well conceived book on a very interesting subject, that frankly i knew nothing about. The images of these beautiful buildings are crisp and sharp. The text is highly informative and the book is easy to navigate. These "Fazenda's" are really quite spectacular and many of the settings are just breathtaking. Highly recommended, after taking in this book, i feel quite enlightened.

This lovely book features the fazendas, or great houses, of Brazil's coffee plantations, sugar plantations, and cattle ranches. The introduction provides a history of colonial Brazil through the lens of these industries. The rest of the book is devoted to the fazendas themselves, with 6-10 pages per property. For each one, the author provides a history of the ranch or plantation, its owners and its buildings, along with beautiful color photographs, many of them full-page.

Although the author draws from historical sources to describe how the buildings and interiors looked in the past, the photographs are all contemporary. This is a beautiful overview of the traditional architecture, interior design and furnishings of Brazil's great houses. Recommended for architecture and design libraries as well as anyone who wants to know a little more about colonial Brazil and enjoy an armchair tour of the Brazilian countryside.

I am beginning to worry about this amazon software. I have never purchased this book. Hopefully, I was not charged either. Amazon should try to test its applications more carefully