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The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World
Michael K Komanecky
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Description for The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World
Hardcover. Important new book on Shaker art and life accompanying a major US exhibition with extraordinary objects, outstanding scholarship, and a series of new photographs Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 color and black and white plates. BIC Classification: AFT; AKR; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 284 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1920.
This major new book with essays by prominent scholars presents the austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in context of their faith and community at Mt. Lebanon, N.Y., the spiritual centre of the Shaker world. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, machinery, books, drawings, ephemera and other objects, as well as historic images and new photography of the rooms and landscapes of various Shaker sites, bring the rich world of the Shakers to life. The materials were drawn primarily from the collection of the Shaker Museum and Library, Mt. Lebanon, the largest, broadest and deepest collection of Shaker ... Read more
This major new book with essays by prominent scholars presents the austere and simply styled objects of the Shakers in context of their faith and community at Mt. Lebanon, N.Y., the spiritual centre of the Shaker world. Outstanding examples of furniture, textiles, tools, machinery, books, drawings, ephemera and other objects, as well as historic images and new photography of the rooms and landscapes of various Shaker sites, bring the rich world of the Shakers to life. The materials were drawn primarily from the collection of the Shaker Museum and Library, Mt. Lebanon, the largest, broadest and deepest collection of Shaker ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1920g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780847842629
SKU
V9780847842629
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99-15
About Michael K Komanecky
Michael K. Komanecky is chief curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland, Maine. Stephen J. Stein is a historian of American religion at the University of Indiana. Jerry V. Grant is the director of research and library services at the Shaker Museum. Michael S. Graham is the director of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Brother Arnold Hadd is a ... Read more
Reviews for The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World
"The fascinating story of the Shakers, and of their extraordinary furniture, is now told in The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World. This book expands our knowledge by documenting other types of practical furniture, tools and even Shaker clothing...this beautiful and enthralling book opens a window onto the world of the Shakers..." -Wall Street Journal "...this enlightening, visually arresting...uplifting exhibition ... Read more