Shaker World Art, Life, Belief

Name: Shaker World Art, Life, Belief
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ISBN: 9780810944725

ISBN-10: 0810944723

ISBN-13: 9780810944725

Edition: 1997

Authors: John T. Kirk

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John T. Kirk argues that the Shakers were influenced by their religious practices and beliefs into designing and creating the objects that have made them famous. The author explains why the designs they created look the way they do.

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Abrams
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 286
Size: 9.50" wide x 12.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.938
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. 6
Foreword	p. 7
Ann Lee: Charismatic Force, and the Ecstatic Origins of Shaker Belief	p. 10
"Brought into Gospel Order"	p. 20
Shaker Design: Sources, Central Control, and Regional Differences	p. 32
The Shakers and Beauty	p. 52
Visual Affirmation of Order: a Gift Drawing, a Case of Drawers, a Meetinghouse, a Barn, and Dances	p. 66
The "Classic" Objects	p. 82
Color and Varnish: History and Worldly Practices, and Shaker Use	p. 124
Era of Manifestations, 1837-1850: Angels, Purges, Gift Drawings, the Narrow Path, and Sexuality	p. 156
After 1860: "Very Much Like the Inhabitants of the Section of the Country Where They Reside"	p. 190
The Twentieth Century: Myth Makers, Revisionists, and a Comparative Awareness of Perfection	p. 230
The Millennial Laws of 1821	p. 261
Notes	p. 265
Suggested Further Reading	p. 276
Index	p. 277
Photograph Credits	p. 286
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