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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Plummer, Henry, 1946-     Subjects     Shaker architecture.     Light in architecture.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Plummer, Henry, 1946-       by title:      Stillness and light ...         MARC Display

Stillness and light [electronic resource] : the silent eloquence of Shaker architecture / Henry Plummer. by Plummer, Henry, 1946- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2009. Subjects Shaker architecture.   Light in architecture. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=279284DF-DE55-4B03-B6BE-51C79F4A544A This title is available online; click here to access ISBN:  9780253007780 (electronic bk.) 025300778X (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (151 p.) Requests:  0 Summary:  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 presen.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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