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Shaker Made: Inside Pleasant Hill's Shaker Village

Shaker Made: Inside Pleasant Hill's Shaker Village

Peachee, Carol
Soules, Rebecca

Hardcover

General ChristianityGeneral PhotographyRegional: South

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ISBN10: 0813198763
ISBN13: 9780813198767
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
Published: Feb 6 2024
Pages: 228
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.20 Width: 10.90 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

Although there are currently only a handful of members of the Shaker faith and one active community in the world today, Shakerism at its peak comprised thousands of members living in communal villages across the eastern United States. Kentucky's iconic Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill was one of these communities, and it remains an enduring cultural touchstone. The history of the Shakers is often reduced to the handmade objects they produced and sold, but their lives were so much more than their material culture. Their efforts were suffused with their religious beliefs: each piece's sturdy simplicity memorializes the Believers' devotion to God and how it guided their every action.

Shaker Made is photographer Carol Peachee's love letter to the cultural artifacts--the architecture, furniture, and crafts--of one of America's most notable utopian societies. Peachee has photographed Pleasant Hill for more than four decades--from small items such as eyeglasses, embroidered handkerchiefs, elixir bottles, and bonnets, to the distinguished furniture and architecture of the more than 260 buildings that the Shakers built at Pleasant Hill. The curator of collections at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Rebecca Soules, provides an informative foreword to the photos, while Peachee herself offers a lovingly written introduction explaining her personal connection to the subject. The attention to detail in the simple yet beautifully composed photographs serve as an elegant and respectful tribute to the history and legacy of the Pleasant Hill Shakers--an often-misunderstood people who sought to honor the divine in all aspects of life.

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