tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post877957381054750252..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Spanish Colonial Vs American Indian culture in Santa FeHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-15746620257992928472014-12-29T01:22:51.549+11:002014-12-29T01:22:51.549+11:00Sydneysider
adobe is a building material ..where ...Sydneysider<br /><br />adobe is a building material ..where the bricks are made from compacted earth and straw, but the bricks are NOT baked. This gives adobe construction two great advantages: a] it is cheap and b] there is very little damage to the environment. But it is easily damaged, so to weatherproof the unbaked bricks, a render must often be layered on eg limed-based cement. <br /><br />Adobe has always been used by indigenous peoples of the Southwestern USA, but it was popular in other cultures as well.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76802362558083113222014-12-29T01:02:23.159+11:002014-12-29T01:02:23.159+11:00Parnassus
that is why I need insider-knowledge on...Parnassus<br /><br />that is why I need insider-knowledge on all posts other than those dealing with Australian and British topics. I rely on you and a few others :)<br /><br />When you say Santa Fe style at times amounts to an entire industry, I presume you are talking about only the last 40 years or so. On my first trip to the USA in 1975 I could easily examine Spanish colonial culture. But I wasn't aware of Native American culture at all. (Admittedly I wasn't looking for it back then).Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67344433653676597202014-12-28T17:37:45.927+11:002014-12-28T17:37:45.927+11:00How does one make adobe architecture? And who cre...How does one make adobe architecture? And who created it in the first place?Sydneysidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72891910246457598012014-12-28T15:23:59.844+11:002014-12-28T15:23:59.844+11:00Hello Hels, In the U.S., Southwest style or Santa...Hello Hels, In the U.S., Southwest style or Santa Fe style is not just an artistic heritage or tradition--at times it amounts to an entire industry. The style is often encountered even in far-off Ohio, presumably after people go to New Mexico for vacations and come back loaded with Art. If fact, humorist Bob Smith said that the ultimate Santa Fe artifact would be the skull of Georgia O'Keeffe. <br /><br />Incidentally, I did not know of Clevelander John D. Rockefeller's early support of the Laboratory of Anthropology, and found this interesting considering his very extensive backing of Colonial history and culture via Colonial Williamsburg.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-48867492883008189882014-12-27T12:03:44.015+11:002014-12-27T12:03:44.015+11:00Joe
According to the Santa Fe Reporter, Lawrence a...Joe<br />According to the Santa Fe Reporter, Lawrence and Frieda first visited northern New Mexico at the invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan, a New York arts matron who lived in Taos. <br /><br />Lawrence and Frieda lived in a rustic, three-room log cabin. It was built from ponderosa pine and adobe bricks in the late 1800s; its simply decorated interior was heated by a fireplace and had a dirt floor. <br /><br />Lawrence spent only a total of 11 months on the ranch, between 1923 and 1925, but he wrote “New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I ever had. It certainly changed me forever.” <br /><br />In 1924, Lawrence tried to convince some of his English friends to return to New Mexico with him in order to create a utopian society he called Rananim, but only the deaf artist Dorothy Brett made the journey. <br /><br />http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7311-ghost-ranch.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45123114788746982392014-12-27T10:24:49.298+11:002014-12-27T10:24:49.298+11:00I wonder what attracted to DH Lawrence to Santa Fe...I wonder what attracted to DH Lawrence to Santa Fe in the first place. Do we know what happened to his planned community? Joenoreply@blogger.com