Shaker Vision
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believers' artistic legacy
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communal craftsmanship traditions
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diaries revealing hidden tastes
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handcrafted chairs and joinery
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harmony between nature and craftsmanship
historic diaries and firsthand accounts
historic utopian settlements
Historical religious texts
Histories of vision
How Shakers saw the world
intersections of religion and aesthetics
material world as spiritual reflection
minimalist yet ornate design heritage
Mystical art
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Nature in religion
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Were Shakers artists
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Product details
- ISBN 9781625344687
- Weight: 960g
- Dimensions: 190 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2019
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Shakers are known for self-denial and austerity in everyday living and their material world, as embodied by the heavenly simplicity and purity of their chairs and blanket chests. Yet the believers also enjoyed a diversity of visual pleasures, from flowers, sunSets, rainbows, and the northern lights as seen at home to waterfalls, ocean waves, and dramatic cliffs viewed while traveling across America.
In Shaker Vision, Joseph Manca explores original texts, especially diaries and travel journals, and material culture to demonstrate that Shakers enjoyed a remarkably deep experience of the visual world. Shakers shared tastes with mainstream Americans and often employed a similar aesthetic vocabulary, but all within a belief system that made them distinct. In addition to their well-known ascetic architecture, furniture, and handicraft styles, they expressed themselves through ornate and detailed spiritual art and in vivid, visionary experiences. Based on firsthand accounts of the believers themselves, this richly illustrated volume will dramatically change how we assess the visual world of this uniquely American religious sect.
Joseph Manca is professor of art history and Nina J. Cullinan Professor of Art and Art History at Rice University. He is author of George Washington's Eye: Landscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon, which was awarded the Foundation for Landscape Studies' John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize.
