Emilio Jéquier
Subtitle: la construcción de un patrimonio = the construction of a heritage
By: dirección editorial, Fernando Pérez O., Yolanda Muñoz L. ; autores, Yolanda Muñoz L. [and five others]
Contributors: Jéquier, Emilio, 1866-1949, architect; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Chile)
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile]
Language: spa
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9789568890414
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Architects; Biography; Expatriate architects; Architecture; History; Buildings, structures; Architectes; Biographies; Histoire
Other titles: Construcción de un patrimonio; Construction of a heritage
Description: The book rescues for the first time the work, the figure and the thought of the author of the 1880 building in which the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Palacio de Bellas Artes is located. Emilio Jéquier was a Chilean-French architect emblematic in the configuration of the urban imaginary of the Republic, stamped in the capital of Chile the modernizing impetus that permeates the consolidation of national identity. His work, widely documented in this book through photographs and plans, constitutes a monumental heritage that identifies the city of Santiago through buildings such as the Estación Mapocho, the Casa Central of the Universidad Católica, the Bolsa de Comercio, among others. Illustrated with unpublished photographs of the time (1910), the edition also has current records, as well as a timeline that contextualizes the life of Jéquier in both Chile and France.

The book rescues for the first time the work, the figure and the thought of the author of the 1880 building in which the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Palacio de Bellas Artes is located. Emilio Jéquier was a Chilean-French architect emblematic in the configuration of the urban imaginary of the Republic, stamped in the capital of Chile the modernizing impetus that permeates the consolidation of national identity. His work, widely documented in this book through photographs and plans, constitutes a monumental heritage that identifies the city of Santiago through buildings such as the Estación Mapocho, the Casa Central of the Universidad Católica, the Bolsa de Comercio, among others. Illustrated with unpublished photographs of the time (1910), the edition also has current records, as well as a timeline that contextualizes the life of Jéquier in both Chile and France.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in Spanish and English.
Table of contents: title: Presentación = Presentation / Roberto Fuenzalida; title: Prólogo. A pulso de Jéquier = Preface. Jéquier's pulse / Emilio de la Cerda; title: Capítulo I. Idas y vueltas: Emilio Jéquier, un arquitecto entre dos mundos = Chapter I. Comings and Goings: Emilio Jéquier, an architect between two worlds / Yolanda Muñoz L.; title: Capítulo II. De piedra y hierro: la gran síntesis del Palacio de Bellas Artes = Chapter II. Of Stone and Iron: The great synthesis of the Palace of Fine Arts / Jean-Philippe Garric; title: Capítulo III. Chile y su cultura en el periodo parlamentario = Chapter III. Chile and its culture during the Parliamentary System / Claudio Rolle C.; title: Capítulo IV. El Santiago de Jéquier: una ciudad de contrastes = Chapter IV. Jéquier's Santiago: a city of contrasts / Amarí Peliowski D.; title: Capítulo V. El Palacio de Bellas Artes: un museo, una escuela, un monumento = Chapter V. The Palace of Fine Arts: a museum, a school, a monument / Fernando Pérez O., editorial support Paula Fiamma; title: Capítulo VI. Los jéquier de Jéquier = Chapter VI. The jéquiers of Jéquier / Germán Hidalgo H.; title: Capítulo VII. Jéquier en el Santiago de hoy = Chapter VII. Jéquier in current Santiago; title: Cronología ilustrada = Illustrated timeline; title: Colaboradores = Collaborators.