Show SANTA FES PROUD POSITION coast it Is that one must go to new mexico to find the real american art the new museum of santa F fo 0 claims that one roust must go to new mexico to find tin nn american architecture and an american nit art the terraced houses of the pueblos the franciscan missions are ingenious for they have been produced by the environment tho the native building material and tile the climate in santa fe through the et ef ports 0 of f the school of american research there has been fostered a renaissance ais sance of this ancient american architecture one of the fairest results being the museum building or temple tempie of st francis and the martyrs six of the ancient franciscan mission churches years old are reproduced in the facade without destroying ying the unity of its appearance they are acoma san felipe laguna santa ana and pecos the outlines are hard stiff plumb lines or wels levels there are no exact repetitions or r parallelisms such as mark the california mission style the massive doors of santa clara have been reproduced there are cloisters and of course a patio the new museum Is ig an art gallery part of the museum of new mexico whose priceless arche and historical collections are housed in the palace of the governors here are taos and santa fe art colonies numbering about 40 artists of in ter national note |