Visionary New England
Title | Visionary New England PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah J. Montross |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-04-28 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 026204398X |
Connecting New England's historical spiritualist and utopian traditions—from Brook Farm to Harvard's LSD research—to work by contemporary artists with regional ties. 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. Visionary New England bridges past and present, offering a new lens through which to understand contemporary art. Essays by Sarah J. Montross, Richard Hardack, Lisa Crossman, Anna Craycroft Artists Gayleen Aiken, Caleb Charland, Anna Craycroft, Angela Dufresne, Sam Durant, Josephine Halvorson, Paul Laffoley, Candice Lin, Michael Madore, Kim Weston
Visionary Women
Title | Visionary Women PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis Mack |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 1995-01-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520915589 |
This study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the significance of gender for religious visionaries between 1650 and 1700. Phyllis Mack focuses on the Society of Friends, or Quakers, the largest radical sectarian group active during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The meeting records, correspondence, almanacs, autobiographical and religious writings left by the early Quakers enable Mack to present a textured portrait of their evolving spirituality. Parallel sources on men and women provide a unique opportunity to pose theoretical questions about the meaning of gender, such as whether a "women's spirituality" can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men.
Living with a Visionary
Title | Living with a Visionary PDF eBook |
Author | John Matthias |
Publisher | DOS Madres Press |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2021-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781953252388 |
In his afterword, Igor Webb writes, "The lament, uttered when love and death are most closely bound, is something like an essential accessory to mortality. . . . 'Living with a Visionary' is the poet's account of his, and (and his wife) Diana's, descent into hell (from effects of Parkinson's disease). . . . But it's in 'Some of Her Things,' a fable in the form of a long prose poem, . . . that Matthias most powerfully, and poignantly, deploys his language. . . . it is a courtly threnody for lost time." Literary Nonfiction
The Avant-Garde Imperative
Title | The Avant-Garde Imperative PDF eBook |
Author | Willard Bohn |
Publisher | Cambria Press |
Pages | 170 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1621967964 |
Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World
Title | Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World PDF eBook |
Author | Rob Elkington |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2017-06-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1787149145 |
Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context, is the thoughtful analysis of nine expert authors from around the globe who put VUCA under the microscope and take the reader on a journey that looks at VUCA from a number of different leadership perspectives.
Visionary Compacts
Title | Visionary Compacts PDF eBook |
Author | Donald E. Pease |
Publisher | |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
Flourish
Title | Flourish PDF eBook |
Author | Martin E. P. Seligman |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1439190763 |
Explains the four pillars of well-being--meaning and purpose, positive emotions, relationships, and accomplishment--placing emphasis on meaning and purpose as the most important for achieving a life of fulfillment.