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Pueblo : Mountain, Village, Dance

Name: Pueblo : Mountain, Village, Dance
Author: Vincent Scully
ISBN: 9780226743936

by Vincent Scully

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In this pioneering study, art historian Vincent Scully explores the inhabitants' understanding of the natural world in an entirely original way---by observing and analyzing the complex yet visible relationships between the landscape of mountain and desert, the ancient ruins and the pueblos, and the ceremonial dances that take place within them. To this second edition Scully has added a new preface that raises issues of preservation and development.

About the Author, Vincent Scully

Vincent Scully is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University. His many books include The Shingle Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Richardson to the Origins of Wright; The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture; and American Architecture and Urbanism.

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New edition of a classic study. Scully (art, Yale) relates the 74393-4). landscape of mountain and desert, the ancient ruins and the still living pueblos, and the ceremonial dances that take place within them. (He sees these intricate dances as the most profound works of art yet produced on the American continent.) A new preface raises issues of preservation and development and a postscript reassesses the relationship between nature and culture in Native American tradition, along with its relevance to contemporary architecture and landscape. Heavily illustrated in b&w. The paper edition is available ($19.95; Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)