Shaker Life Art And Architecture

Author : Scott T. Swank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaker Life, Art, and Architecture written by Scott T. Swank and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering study, historian Scott T. Swank reveals the links between the daily life of the Shakers and their art and architecture. 250 illustrations, 150 in color.

Author : June Sprigg
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaker--life, Work, and Art written by June Sprigg and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1987 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Shaker's origins, beliefs, work, and daily life. Over 200 color photographs illustrate their architecture and furniture.

Author : Paul Rocheleau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaker Built written by Paul Rocheleau and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The team that introduced Shaker life, work, and design to America and the world, in such successful books as Shaker and Shaker Design, here presents the ultimate visual work on the unique melding of form and function that created the Shaker look. 200 color illustrations.

Author : Henry Plummer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025300778X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stillness and Light written by Henry Plummer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaker buildings have long been admired for their simplicity of design and sturdy craftsmanship, with form always following function. Over the years, their distinctive physical characteristics have invited as much study as imitation. Their clean, unadorned lines have been said to reflect core Shaker beliefs such as honesty, integrity, purity, and perfection. In this book, Henry Plummer focuses on the use of natural light in Shaker architecture, noting that Shaker builders manipulated light not only for practical reasons of illumination but also to sculpt a deliberately spiritual, visual presence within their space. Stillness and Light celebrates this subtly beautiful aspect of Shaker innovation and construction, captured in more than 100 stunning photographs.

Author : June Sprigg
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393305449
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaker Design written by June Sprigg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1986 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having lived and worked with surviving Shakers of Maine and New Hampshire, June Sprigg has drawn objects from forty collections to celebrate the Shaker tradition.

Author : Beverly Gordon
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9780874512427
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaker Textile Arts written by Beverly Gordon and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1982-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.

Author : Julie Nicoletta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881503104
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Shakers written by Julie Nicoletta and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Maine to Kentucky, they built communal villages whose unique buildings were designed to accommodate hundreds of inhabitants unified in the common purpose of work and worship. Julie Nicoletta's perceptive text and Bret Morgan's striking photographs illuminate the austere beauty, regional variations, and functional and stylistic evolution of Shaker buildings over the course of two centuries, evoking a visual and literary survey of Shaker design and its impact on our culture at large. Despite the fact that Shaker communities are almost extinct, an appreciation for their legacy continues to grow. Architects, designers, curators, collectors, and an ever-widening public have sought inspiration in Shaker art and architecture. The Architecture of the Shakers is a book for all those who wish to learn more about these remarkable buildings and how the rich cultural legacy of the Shakers continues to resonate within them.

Author : Michael K. Komanecky
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847842622
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shakers written by Michael K. Komanecky and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : John Kassay
Publisher : Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870232756
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Shaker Furniture written by John Kassay and published by Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Sharon Duane Koomler
Publisher : Courage Books
ISBN 13 : 9780762407194
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaker Style written by Sharon Duane Koomler and published by Courage Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully documented, authoritative overview of the Shaker form and function showcases the 200-year-old sect's eloquent, minimalist style, which blends seamlessly into today's modern design aesthetic. Includes Shaker-style architecture. 175 full-color and b&w photos.