Author: Stephen J. Stein
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300051395
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Draws on oral and written testimony to trace the history and evolution of the Shakers, set within the broader context of American life
The Shakers
Author: Michael K. Komanecky
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847842622
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
An important book on Shaker art and life, offering a fresh look at a style that has endured through centuries and continues to inspire designers and homeowners. This book presents the elegantly austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in the context of their faith and community at Mount Lebanon, N.Y., the spiritual and administrative center of the Shaker world. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, and other objects-drawn primarily from the collection of Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon-bring the fascinating world of the Shakers to life. The book also explores the equally compelling material culture of Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, the last active Shaker community, and how this group of Shakers continued to thrive while other Shaker communities elsewhere gradually disappeared. Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum, this book presents a new and authentic perspective on the Shaker community. Specially commissioned photography, archival imagery, essays by prominent scholars, and a firsthand interview with a member of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community deepen our understanding of this influential movement and style.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847842622
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
An important book on Shaker art and life, offering a fresh look at a style that has endured through centuries and continues to inspire designers and homeowners. This book presents the elegantly austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in the context of their faith and community at Mount Lebanon, N.Y., the spiritual and administrative center of the Shaker world. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, and other objects-drawn primarily from the collection of Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon-bring the fascinating world of the Shakers to life. The book also explores the equally compelling material culture of Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, the last active Shaker community, and how this group of Shakers continued to thrive while other Shaker communities elsewhere gradually disappeared. Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum, this book presents a new and authentic perspective on the Shaker community. Specially commissioned photography, archival imagery, essays by prominent scholars, and a firsthand interview with a member of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community deepen our understanding of this influential movement and style.
The Shaker Experience in America
Author: Stephen J. Stein
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300051395
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Draws on oral and written testimony to trace the history and evolution of the Shakers, set within the broader context of American life
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300051395
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Draws on oral and written testimony to trace the history and evolution of the Shakers, set within the broader context of American life
The Shakers
Author: Amy Stechler
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517033098
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Highly pictorial presentation of "the history and vision of the United Society of Believers in Christ's second appearing from 1774 to the present."
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517033098
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Highly pictorial presentation of "the history and vision of the United Society of Believers in Christ's second appearing from 1774 to the present."
The Book of Shaker Furniture
Author: John Kassay
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9780870232756
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9780870232756
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A comprehensive, amply illustrated guide illustrates the simple, functional furniture style developed during the Shaker movement--a successful experiment in communitarian living--and traces its evolution from the Colonial styles of New York and New England
Shaker Vision
Author: Joseph Manca
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781613767702
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781613767702
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
The Shaker Book of the Garden
Author:
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN: 9780764157110
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
ISBN: 9780764157110
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The Visionist
Author: Rachel Urquhart
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316228095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
An enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge -- but perhaps not -- in an 1840s Shaker community. After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father, she and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called the City of Hope. It is the Era of Manifestations, when young girls in Shaker enclaves all across the Northeast are experiencing extraordinary mystical visions, earning them the honorific of "Visionist" and bringing renown to their settlements. The City of Hope has not yet been blessed with a Visionist, but that changes when Polly arrives and is unexpectedly exalted. As she struggles to keep her dark secrets concealed in the face of increasing scrutiny, Polly finds herself in a life-changing friendship with a young Shaker sister named Charity, a girl who will stake everything -- even her faith -- on Polly's honesty and purity.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316228095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
An enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge -- but perhaps not -- in an 1840s Shaker community. After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father, she and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called the City of Hope. It is the Era of Manifestations, when young girls in Shaker enclaves all across the Northeast are experiencing extraordinary mystical visions, earning them the honorific of "Visionist" and bringing renown to their settlements. The City of Hope has not yet been blessed with a Visionist, but that changes when Polly arrives and is unexpectedly exalted. As she struggles to keep her dark secrets concealed in the face of increasing scrutiny, Polly finds herself in a life-changing friendship with a young Shaker sister named Charity, a girl who will stake everything -- even her faith -- on Polly's honesty and purity.
Shaker Textile Arts
Author: Beverly Gordon
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874512427
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874512427
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.
Gather Up the Fragments
Author: Mario S. De Pillis
Publisher: Other Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Struck by the beauty of every visible object in a Shaker kitchen they chanced to visit in 1923, young Edward Deming Andrews and his wife, Faith Young Andrews, embarked on a collection that became the passion of their lives. During the following decades, at a time when the art and artifacts of the Shakers were considered "low" art and unworthy of collecting or exhibiting, the Andrewses energetically collected objects, studied sources, and eventually mounted exhibits and published books on Shaker culture. This beautiful book is the first to document their unparalleled collection, presenting some 600 photographs, most never before published. In addition, the book brings to light the extraordinary story of the Andrewses' collecting and scholarship, their relationships with members of the United Society of Believers (commonly called Shakers) and with important New York City art-world figures of the 1930s, as well as their contributions toward the birth of the field of Shaker Studies. More than passionate collectors, Edward and Faith Andrews were intent on saving a distinct culture, and their accomplishment was to preserve for future generations the most comprehensive body of knowledge ever assembled about the Shakers. Exhibition Schedule: Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA (May, 2008 - October, 2008) Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA (October, 2009 - December, 2009) Frist Museum, Nashville, TN (May, 2011 - August, 2011)
Publisher: Other Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Struck by the beauty of every visible object in a Shaker kitchen they chanced to visit in 1923, young Edward Deming Andrews and his wife, Faith Young Andrews, embarked on a collection that became the passion of their lives. During the following decades, at a time when the art and artifacts of the Shakers were considered "low" art and unworthy of collecting or exhibiting, the Andrewses energetically collected objects, studied sources, and eventually mounted exhibits and published books on Shaker culture. This beautiful book is the first to document their unparalleled collection, presenting some 600 photographs, most never before published. In addition, the book brings to light the extraordinary story of the Andrewses' collecting and scholarship, their relationships with members of the United Society of Believers (commonly called Shakers) and with important New York City art-world figures of the 1930s, as well as their contributions toward the birth of the field of Shaker Studies. More than passionate collectors, Edward and Faith Andrews were intent on saving a distinct culture, and their accomplishment was to preserve for future generations the most comprehensive body of knowledge ever assembled about the Shakers. Exhibition Schedule: Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA (May, 2008 - October, 2008) Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA (October, 2009 - December, 2009) Frist Museum, Nashville, TN (May, 2011 - August, 2011)
Shaker Inspirations
Author: Christian Becksvoort
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732210035
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732210035
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description