SHAKER LIFE, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE Scott T. Swank HC DJ ILLUS Bill Finney 1999 B

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Former library book - see pictures - NO DUST JACKET”
Special Attributes
Signed, 1st Edition, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture
Japan
ISBN
9780789203588
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Abbeville Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0789203588
ISBN-13
9780789203588
eBay Product ID (ePID)
728083

Product Key Features

Book Title
Shaker : Life, Art, and Architecture-Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Folk & Outsider Art, Christianity / Shaker, History / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Religion, Architecture
Author
Scott T. Swank
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
65.3 Oz
Item Length
11.3 in
Item Width
10.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-037424
Dewey Edition
21
Photographed by
Finney, Bill
Dewey Decimal
289/.8/0974272
Synopsis
As the Director of Canterbury Shaker Village, the author has had unlimited access to the Village's archives, resources, and grounds, examining papers and artifacts, exploring the 25 remaining buildings, and experiencing the seasons. He has literally been able to walk in the footpaths of the Canterbury Shakers, whose community remained prominent for 200 years. It is one of the oldest, most typical, and most completely preserved of all the Shaker villages, the only community with an intact first-generation meetinghouse and first dwelling house on their original sites. The result of the author's painstaking research and close observation is this perceptive book, filled with discoveries, presenting the full sweep of Shaker art and architecture in the context of a specific Shaker community in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Two centuries ago, the Shakers established America's most successful communal societies. They lived in isolated, rural villages, pursuing work and worship in communities where religion, social behavior, and environmental design were constructed as a harmonious whole. These utopian communities were regulated by "gospel order" which assured their members that their disciplined lives were in harmony with God's will. In these spiritual havens, they endeavored to accomplish their founder's twin mandates, "Hands to work, hearts to God." Shaker designs have endured long after the communities that created them have passed from the American scene. Shaker style, encompassing all elements of art and architecture, has been greatly esteemed for its craftsmanship, sense of proportion, simplicity, and practicality. The author's well researched text, detailed captions, and excerpts from diaries and letters bring life to the legacy of Shaker objects as well as to the architecture. He also provides a time line, a bibliography, and notes. Accompanying the text are 250 illustrations including 150 in color principally by Bill Finney, who has been photographing Canterbury for over twenty years. There are also historical pictures and maps and newly created plans and diagrams. This insightful book should especially interest collectors, historians, interior designers, and architects, giving readers a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Shakers' artistic legacy., 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.
LC Classification Number
BX9771.S93 1999

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