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Stillness and Light : The Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture Henry Plummer
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “Good overall pre-owned condition as shown. Ex library with library markings as shown.”
- Era
- 2000s
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- China
- ISBN
- 9780253353627
- Book Title
- Stillness and Light : the Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Photography, Architecture
- Topic
- Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, History / General
- Item Width
- 10 in
- Item Weight
- 40.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 152 Pages
About this product
Product Information
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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253353629
ISBN-13
9780253353627
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72443428
Product Key Features
Book Title
Stillness and Light : the Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, History / General
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography, Architecture
Number of Pages
152 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
10 in
Item Weight
40.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Na710.P59 2009
Reviews
"These spaces... are mirages infused with a sense of reality and epiphany." -- Juhani Pallasmaa, Former professor of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology and currently Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, "I highly recommend this book for anyone who is appraising Shaker items or Shaker architecture or for those who simply love high quality art photographs. A welcome addition to your book shelves." -- www.examiner.com, 9/24/2009, "[A] stunning color photographic essay... Plummer's discerning photographic eye not only captures the feeling of serenity and peace that pervades these buildings, but also reminds us that for the Shakers, daily work was prayer and every space in their community was a chapel... This book is a must for libraries and any religious group planning to construct significant spiritual space." -- Nova Religio, Vol. 15, No. 1 August, 2011, "These images of historic Shaker buildings are stunning." -Stephen J. Stein, author of The Shaker Experience in America, "These images of historic Shaker buildings are stunning." Stephen J. Stein, author ofThe Shaker Experience in America"[These] spaces . . . are mirages infused with a sense of reality and epiphany." -Juhani Pallasmaa, Former professor of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology and currently Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis "I have written that when an architect finds out that LIGHT is the main subject of Architecture, he begins to be a real one. How could a real architect not know about LIGHT? How could a good photographer not control LIGHT? How could a good professor not speak to his students about LIGHT? Henry Plummer, who is a real architect, a splendid photographer, and also a wonderful professor, does all of these things for us inStillness and Light." -Alberto Campo Baeza, Architect and Visiting Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design "This is a book that you will want to have open and in sight, turning its pages from time to time, absorbing the meditation its photographs evoke. The stillness is the stillness of concentration, a quieting of the mind that could be termed soulful. The light glowing from its pages is transformative. The words bring thought to place, echoing original intent, giving their own illumination to the qualities of Shaker life and thought. The quality of color and light indeed give "earthbound rooms a skyward inflection". The photographs are masterful; their vantage, profound. Plummer's work not only recordsStillness and Light, it gives them." -Donlyn Lyndon, Eva Li Professor of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, "I highly recommend this book for anyone who is appraising Shaker items or Shaker architecture or for those who simply love high quality art photographs. A welcome addition to your book shelves." -www.examiner.com, 9/24/2009, "I have written that when an architect finds out that LIGHT is the main subject of Architecture, he begins to be a real one. How could a real architect not know about LIGHT? How could a good photographer not control LIGHT? How could a good professor not speak to his students about LIGHT? Henry Plummer, who is a real architect, a splendid photographer, and also a wonderful professor, does all of these things for us in Stillness and Light." -Alberto Campo Baeza, Architect and Visiting Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, "These images of historic Shaker buildings are stunning." Stephen J. Stein, author of The Shaker Experience in America "[These] spaces . . . are mirages infused with a sense of reality and epiphany." --Juhani Pallasmaa, Former professor of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology and currently Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis "I have written that when an architect finds out that LIGHT is the main subject of Architecture, he begins to be a real one. How could a real architect not know about LIGHT? How could a good photographer not control LIGHT? How could a good professor not speak to his students about LIGHT? Henry Plummer, who is a real architect, a splendid photographer, and also a wonderful professor, does all of these things for us in Stillness and Light." --Alberto Campo Baeza, Architect and Visiting Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design "This is a book that you will want to have open and in sight, turning its pages from time to time, absorbing the meditation its photographs evoke. The stillness is the stillness of concentration, a quieting of the mind that could be termed soulful. The light glowing from its pages is transformative. The words bring thought to place, echoing original intent, giving their own illumination to the qualities of Shaker life and thought. The quality of color and light indeed give "earthbound rooms a skyward inflection". The photographs are masterful; their vantage, profound. Plummer's work not only records Stillness and Light, it gives them." --Donlyn Lyndon, Eva Li Professor of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, I highly recommend this book for anyone who is appraising Shaker items or Shaker architecture or for those who simply love high quality art photographs. A welcome addition to your book shelves., This is a book that you will want to have open and in sight, turning its pages from time to time, absorbing the meditation its photographs evoke. The stillness is the stillness of concentration, a quieting of the mind that could be termed soulful. The light glowing from its pages is transformative. The words bring thought to place, echoing original intent, giving their own illumination to the qualities of Shaker life and thought. The quality of color and light indeed give "earthbound rooms a skyward inflection." The photographs are masterful; their vantage, profound. Plummer's work not only records Stillness and Light, it gives them.--Donlyn Lyndon, Eva Li Professor of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, "[A] stunning color photographic essay... Plummer's discerning photographic eye not only captures the feeling of serenity and peace that pervades these buildings, but also reminds us that for the Shakers, daily work was prayer and every space in their community was a chapel... This book is a must for libraries and any religious group planning to construct significant spiritual space." -Nova Religio, Vol. 15, No. 1 August, 2011, "These images of historic Shaker buildings are stunning." -- Stephen J. Stein, author of The Shaker Experience in America, "This is a book that you will want to have open and in sight, turning its pages from time to time, absorbing the meditation its photographs evoke. The stillness is the stillness of concentration, a quieting of the mind that could be termed soulful. The light glowing from its pages is transformative. The words bring thought to place, echoing original intent, giving their own illumination to the qualities of Shaker life and thought. The quality of color and light indeed give "earthbound rooms a skyward inflection". The photographs are masterful; their vantage, profound. Plummer's work not only records Stillness and Light, it gives them." -Donlyn Lyndon, Eva Li Professor of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, "[These] spaces... are mirages infused with a sense of reality and epiphany." -- Juhani Pallasmaa, Former professor of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology and currently Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, "I have written that when an architect finds out that LIGHT is the main subject of Architecture, he begins to be a real one. How could a real architect not know about LIGHT? How could a good photographer not control LIGHT? How could a good professor not speak to his students about LIGHT? Henry Plummer, who is a real architect, a splendid photographer, and also a wonderful professor, does all of these things for us in Stillness and Light." -- Alberto Campo Baeza, Architect and Visiting Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, I have written that when an architect finds out that LIGHT is the main subject of Architecture, he begins to be a real one. How could a real architect not know about LIGHT? How could a good photographer not control LIGHT? How could a good professor not speak to his students about LIGHT? Henry Plummer, who is a real architect, a splendid photographer, and also a wonderful professor, does all of these things for us in Stillness and Light., [A] stunning color photographic essay... Plummer's discerning photographic eye not only captures the feeling of serenity and peace that pervades these buildings, but also reminds us that for the Shakers, daily work was prayer and every space in their community was a chapel... This book is a must for libraries and any religious group planning to construct significant spiritual space., "These spaces... are mirages infused with a sense of reality and epiphany." -Juhani Pallasmaa, Former professor of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology and currently Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, "This is a book that you will want to have open and in sight, turning its pages from time to time, absorbing the meditation its photographs evoke. The stillness is the stillness of concentration, a quieting of the mind that could be termed soulful. The light glowing from its pages is transformative. The words bring thought to place, echoing original intent, giving their own illumination to the qualities of Shaker life and thought. The quality of color and light indeed give "earthbound rooms a skyward inflection". The photographs are masterful; their vantage, profound. Plummer's work not only records Stillness and Light, it gives them." -- Donlyn Lyndon, Eva Li Professor of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
Table of Content
Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Shaker Light--Building a State of Grace 1. Simplicity--Pristine Light Monotone Mass Pure White Cavity Framed Whiteness Between Wood and Plaster Wooden Cavern 2. Order--Focused Light Mesmerizing Window Incantation Concentric Tonalities Double Helix Twin Skylights Flying Staircase Tiered Skylights 3. Luminosity--Inner Light Maximum Fenestration Interior Shutters White Kentucky Limestone White-Painted Stonework White on White Yellow Light Lustrous Wood Clasped Light Attic Dormer Cupola 4. Equality--Shared Light Transom Window Interior Window Double Window Enfilade of Openings Lattice of Light 5. Time--Cyclic Light Shadow Play on Limestone Spectral Colors Tree Shadows Splashes of Sun Coexisting Times States Golden Cast Revolving Light and Color Crossfire of Sun I Crossfire of Sun II Light Orchestration Bibliography
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-051743
Dewey Decimal
720.88/2898
Dewey Edition
22
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