Show SANTA FUS FES PROUD POSITION boat Is I 1 that one must go to nw now mexico to find the th roil real american art the new museum of santa fe fa claims that one must go to new mexico to lind find an american architecture and an american art the terraced houses of the pueblos the franciscan rions are ingenious for they have been produced by the environment the native building mater lill and the ell matt mat in santa re fc through the ef ports of the school of american research there has boen been fostered a renaissance ais als sance of this ancient american architecture one of the fairest results being tho the museum building or temple tempie of st frauds francis and tile the martyrs six of the ancient franciscan mission churches years old are reproduced la in the fac facade ilde without de ying the unity of its appearance they tire are acorns acoma san felipe laguna santa ana and pecos the outlines are hard stiff plumb lines or levels there tire are no exact repetitions or parallelism such guch as marls mark the tha california mission style the massive doors of santa clara have been reproduced there are cloisters and of course a patio the new museum to Is an art gallery part of the museum of new mexico whose priceless arche and historical collections are housed in the palace of the governors vere here are taos and santa r fe e art colonies numbering about 40 artists of international ter national note |