John Gaw Meem at Acoma : the restoration of San Esteban del Rey mission / Kate Wingert-Playdon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wingert-Playdon, Kate, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe churches--Conservation and restoration--New Mexico--Acoma Pueblo.

Adobe churches.

Spanish mission buildings--Conservation and restoration--New Mexico--Acoma Pueblo.

Spanish mission buildings.

San Estevan del Rey Mission Church (Acoma, N.M.).

Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983.

Meem, John Gaw.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""A narrative of the restoration of the mission church at Acoma Pueblo and the process behind it, in which New Mexico's most famous architect, John Gaw Meem, played a major role"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

" Built by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in the seventeenth century, the magnificent mission church at Acoma Pueblo in west-central New Mexico is the oldest and largest intact adobe structure in North America. But in the 1920's, in danger of becoming a ruin, the building was restored in a cooperative effort among Acoma Pueblo, which owned the structure, and other interested parties. Kate Wingert-Playdon's narrative of the restoration and the process behind it is the only detailed account of this milestone example of historic preservation, in which New Mexico's most famous architect, John Gaw Meem, played a major role. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Active Reading, Authenticity, Memory; 1: Background: A Work of Architecture and Its Contexts; 2: Building to Last: Church Roof, 1924; 3: Claiming Authorship: South Wall and South Tower, 1926; 4: Culture and Tourism: East Façade and North Tower, 1927; 5: Patronage and Questioning of Intentions: Hiatus, 1928; 6: Aesthetics as a Form of Preservation: Tower Completion, 1929; 7: The Long Term at Acoma: Initiatives and Results of the Work in the 1920's; 8: An American Monument: Two Ways of Seeing the Mission

Afterword: A Part of the Environment Appendix: Participants in the 1920's Preservation Project at Acoma; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613933706

9781283621250

1283621258

9780826352118

0826352111

OCLC:

814508947