Pueblo
Mountain, Village, Dance
2d edition
430 pages
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575 halftones, 31 line drawings
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9 x 8-1/2
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© 1975, 1989
The vast and beautiful landscape of the American Southwest has long haunted artists and writers seeking to understand the mysteries of the deep affinity between the land and the Native Americans who have lived on it for centuries. 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 with them. Scully sees these intricate dances as the most profound works of art yet produced on the American continent—as human action entwined with the natural world and framed by architectural forms, in which the Pueblos express their belief in the unity of all earthly things.
Scully's observations, presented in lively prose and exciting photographs, are based on his own personal experiences of the Southwest; on his exploration of the region of the Rio Grande and the Hopi mesas; on his witnessing of the dances and ceremonies of the Pueblos and others; and on his research into their culture and history. He draws on the vast literature inspired by the Native Americans—from early exploration narratives to the writing of D. H. Lawrence to recent scholarship—to enrich and support his unique approach to the subject.
To this second edition Scully has added a new preface that raises issues of preservation and development. He has also written an extensive postscript that reassesses the relationship between nature and culture in Native American tradition and its relevance to contemporary architecture and landscape.
"Coming to Pueblo architecture as he does from a provocative study of sacred architecture in ancient Greece, Scully has much to say that is both striking and moving of the Pueblo attitudes toward sacred places, the arrangement of structures in space, the lives of men and beasts, and man's relation to rain, earth, vegetation."—Robert M. Adams, New York Review of Books
Scully's observations, presented in lively prose and exciting photographs, are based on his own personal experiences of the Southwest; on his exploration of the region of the Rio Grande and the Hopi mesas; on his witnessing of the dances and ceremonies of the Pueblos and others; and on his research into their culture and history. He draws on the vast literature inspired by the Native Americans—from early exploration narratives to the writing of D. H. Lawrence to recent scholarship—to enrich and support his unique approach to the subject.
To this second edition Scully has added a new preface that raises issues of preservation and development. He has also written an extensive postscript that reassesses the relationship between nature and culture in Native American tradition and its relevance to contemporary architecture and landscape.
"Coming to Pueblo architecture as he does from a provocative study of sacred architecture in ancient Greece, Scully has much to say that is both striking and moving of the Pueblo attitudes toward sacred places, the arrangement of structures in space, the lives of men and beasts, and man's relation to rain, earth, vegetation."—Robert M. Adams, New York Review of Books
Contents
Preface, 1988
Preface
I. Men and Nature—Prehistory and the Present
II. The Rio Grande—Taos and Picuris
III. The Rio Grande—The Tewa Towns
IV. The Rio Grande—The Keres Towns
V. Jemez, Pecos, Sandia, Isleta, Laguna, Acoma, Zuni
VI. The Navaho Hogan and the Hopi Towns
VII. Epilogue: The Puberty Ceremony of the Mescalero
Postscript, 1988
Notes: Sources, Critical Bibliography, Methods, Commentary
Photo Sources
Index
Preface
I. Men and Nature—Prehistory and the Present
II. The Rio Grande—Taos and Picuris
III. The Rio Grande—The Tewa Towns
IV. The Rio Grande—The Keres Towns
V. Jemez, Pecos, Sandia, Isleta, Laguna, Acoma, Zuni
VI. The Navaho Hogan and the Hopi Towns
VII. Epilogue: The Puberty Ceremony of the Mescalero
Postscript, 1988
Notes: Sources, Critical Bibliography, Methods, Commentary
Photo Sources
Index
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