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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"The Shakers"”.
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Went off to the Shakers: The First Converts of South Union
<p>In 1807 the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (Shakers)<br />established a society near the Gasper River in Logan County, Kentucky. The society was soon named South Union, and it lasted until 1922, the longest-lasting Shaker community west of the Appalachians. Most of the …
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The Narratives of Ann Lee as a Core Component of Shaker Theological Evolution
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or the Shakers, are a small progressive communal religious group founded in the mid-eighteenth century by a woman named Ann Lee. This thesis follows the stories told about Ann Lee by the Shakers throughout their history and documents how …
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4 urban houses
This thesis is a search for a position about architecture. The position which I have been exploring is found in the simplicity of the forms, geometry and conditions in the architecture of the Shakers and the Ticino architects in Switzerland. The formal simplicity of this architecture allows for a …
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Oliver C. Hampton and other Shaker teacher-musicians of Ohio and Kentucky
The purpose of this study is to present an example of a Shaker teacher-musician whose thinking and activities exemplified those Shakers living in the "western" Shaker societies of Ohio and-Kentucky. Oliver C. Hampton is that person. Hampton was a teacher, musician, composer, poet, writer of prose, …
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One, and The Same.
<p>This thesis supports the Master of Fine Arts exhibition at the B. Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, from March 18<sup>th</sup> through May 1<sup>st<sup>, 2008. The exhibition is comprised of fourteen sculptures, which are presented on pedestals or mounted on the wall. The …
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In Search of the Ooey Gooey Good
<p>This thesis explores ideas of everydayness, the mundane, and the repetitive emptiness of consumer culture. It looks at the malaise that plagues everyday life and examines several attempts throughout history to break from its grips which revolve around a search for a more ideal state. This …