Artisans of Trabajo Rústico : The Legacy of Dionicio Rodríguez.

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Background and History
Concrete and Cement
Antecedents in History
Ancient Gardens
Garden Design in England and France
Rediscovery of Portland Cement
Development of Inexpensive Steel
Arrival of Trabajo Rústico in the Western Hemisphere
Rustic Influence in the United States
Arrival of Trabajo Rústico in San Antonio
The Legacy of Dionicio Rodríguez
Restoration and Conservation
Chapter 2. The Fabrication of Trabajo Rústico
Joinery: Articulation and Connections
Surface Modeling and Texture
Coloration
Chapter 3. Profiles of Early and Contemporary Artisans
Bacilio Capetillo Aguilar
Eliseo G. Alvarado
Genaro Briones
Carlos Cortés
Máximo Cortés Cortés
Marcella Marie Davis
Martin Marcial Delgado
Mauro Del Toro
Michael Fogg
Antonio Acebedo Lopez
Melinda Stump LoPresto and Megan Metheny Lashaway
Vidal Lozano
Leopold Michael Lux
Sam Murray
Rene Fabian Romero-Martínez
Dionicio Rosales
Donald R. Tucker
Beatrice and Pedro Ximénez
Chapter 4. Gallery of Trabajo Rústico Artisans
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index.