Scenes in America Deserta

by Reyner Banham

Book Overview

In Scenes in America Deserta, Reyner Banham steps aside from his familiar role as an architectural historian and confesses himself a delighted, intrigued, but puzzled visitor to the arid lands of the American Southwest. What delights Banham most is visual pleasure, and this book is first and foremost a celebration of the pure visual response of a four-wheeled voyeur. What intrigues him is the works of man - the ancient pueblos and the modern observatories,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879050942
• ISBN13: 9780879050948
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A "Must Have" Volume

Being a total desert junkie I've purchased and borrowed hundreds of books on the subject. If I only could keep one book about the subject this would be it. The author brings a very creative, perceptive personality to the subject. His developing passion for the desert is fascinating to see grow as the chapters pass. If you're looking for a treatise on flora and fauna this is not the one. If you're interested in a though provoking, almost cinematic ride through some gorgeous and stark country you'll love it.