Research Catalog
Visionary New England
- Title
- Visionary New England / edited by Sarah Montross ; with contributions by Sam Adams [and seven others].
- Publication
- Lincoln, Massachusetts : DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum ; Boston, Massachusetts : The Trustees of Reservations ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 21-712 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 147 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- New England has a rich history of spiritual, mystical, and utopian strivers. Their visionary schemes range from nineteenth-century Transcendentalist experiments in communal living at Brook Farm and Fruitlands to the Harvard Project's LSD research, led by Timothy Leary, in the mid-twentieth century. The search for alternative ways of life often overlapped with the search for the Divine or expanded modes of consciousness and creativity. Visionary New England, which accompanies an exhibition at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, connects these traditions to the work of ten contemporary artists with New England ties. Generously illustrated, with ninety color images, the book interweaves analysis and imagery of New England's visionary traditions with reproductions of paintings, photographs, video, and installations by the artists. Essays examine New England's spiritualist and utopian practices; Transcendentalist writers' conception of Nature as "Other"; and the social significance of spiritualism. Texts by exhibiting artists Anna Craycroft and Candice Lin address the pedagogy of Amos Bronson Alcott, cofounder of Fruitlands, and the effects of opium trade in New England. Exhibition: deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts (24.04-13.09.2020).
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Visionary New England presented at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum from April 24 through September 13, 2020.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JQF 21-712
- ISBN
- 026204398X
- 9780262043984
- LCCN
- 2019915647
- OCLC
- 1119471591
- Title
- Visionary New England / edited by Sarah Montross ; with contributions by Sam Adams [and seven others].
- Publisher
- Lincoln, Massachusetts : DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum ; Boston, Massachusetts : The Trustees of Reservations ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Added Author
- Montross, Sarah J., editor.Adams, Sam, contributor.deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 21-712