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1 online resource (x, 404 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Value, art, politics ; 1
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Value, art, politics ; 1.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-393) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- 1: Simple and pure -- The early promotion of Shaker Design in the United States of America -- 2: Forms and forces -- The penetration of Shaker Design into museum and popular cultures -- 3: Spirit and function -- The infiltration of Shaker Design into museum and popular cultures -- 4: West and East -- The movement of Shaker Design into museum and popular cultures from the West to the East. |
Summary |
Annotation The Shakers & ndash; a religious community whose origins are founded in the eighteenth century & ndash; continue to exert an influence upon twenty-first century life, not for their religious teachings but rather through the simple yet elegant aesthetic they developed for the everyday artefacts they designed for themselves. Selling Shaker aims to explore this influence and chart its evolution throughout the course of the twentieth century via the interest shown by the media, art institutions and general public in the Shaker story. Whilst other books have sought to examine the origins of the religious or aesthetic basis of the movement throughout the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this book seeks to deal with the Shaker phenomenon from a different angle. Selling Shaker examines the means by which the Shakers have been & lsquo;promoted & rsquo; during the course of the last century by scholars and museum academics in order to establish a & lsquo;national & rsquo; style. The book follows this process from high art to popular culture influences illustrating how the Shaker style has entered the general design consciousness and in doing so has become a generic style largely divorced from the original Shaker aesthetic. Using a variety of sources ranging from museum catalogues to contemporary design magazines, Selling Shaker aims to tell the story of the rise and rise of the Shaker phenomenon. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Shaker decorative arts -- 20th century -- Marketing.
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Shaker decorative arts. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Marketing. |
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Shaker decorative arts.
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Shaker furniture -- 20th century -- Marketing.
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Shaker furniture. |
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Shaker furniture.
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Shaker architecture.
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Shaker architecture. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Richmond, Peter, 1959-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Bowe, Stephen. Selling Shaker. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2007 9781846310089 1846310083 (OCoLC)81249067 |
ISBN |
9781846314032 (electronic book) |
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1846314038 (electronic book) |
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1846310083 |
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9781846310089 |
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9781846310089 (hardcover) |
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1846310083 (hardcover) |
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9781846310096 (paperback) |
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1846310091 (paperback) |
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