Shaker Built

Author: Paul Rocheleau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
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.

Stillness & Light

Author: Henry Plummer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253353629
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
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.

Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights

Author: Richard N. Campen
Publisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780960135677
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
An architectural history of this celebrated suburban community, Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights chronicles the founding of the community by the Van Sweringen brothers and their establishment of rail Rapid Transit to the central city, and profiles the principal contributing architects. Campen has included over 245 full-color photographs with information regarding the building date, the designing architect, a stylistic designation, and in most instances the original owner and the building cost.

The Architecture of the Shakers

Author: Julie Nicoletta
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780881503104
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
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.

Stillness and Light

Author: Henry Plummer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 025300778X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 219

Shaker Built

Author: Historic American Buildings Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description

Shaker Architecture

Author: Herbert F. Schiffer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780916838256
Category : Architecture shaker
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
For a small religious community the Shakers had a major impact on American architecture and furniture design. Many modern designs can trace their roots directly to the Shaker tradition. In this study, each of the Shaker communities is represented with very interesting photographs of the buildings that made up their world. A detailed text completes the study.

Shaker Design

Author: June Sprigg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decorative arts, Shaker
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
"The Shaker movement in America began in 1774 when Mother Ann Lee emigrated from Manchester, England, with a small group of followers, and settled in New York State. Despite impoverished beginnings, the Shakers flourished in the early nineteenth century, and by 1840 there were four to six thousand members living in eighteen principle communities from Maine to Kentucky. Turning away from society, they lived in large families that were both celibate and communal. In striving for heaven on earth, they created a visual environment of such harmony and quiet power that it continues to impress observers today, when the Shakers have all but passed from the American scene. The many works presented in this beautiful volume reveal the Shaker commitment to excellence in all matters. The chairs, cases of drawers, work stands, baskets, oval boxes, wheelbarrows, stoves, looms, and even tailoring tools have a purity of form that transcends mere utility and elevates our appreciation beyond a sense of function."--Amazon.

Shaker Vision

Author: Joseph Manca
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781613767702
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description

Shaker Life, Art, and Architecture

Author: Scott T. Swank
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
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.