Visionary New England /
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 cent...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln, Massachusetts : Boston, Massachusetts : Cambridge, Massachusetts :
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum ; The Trustees of Reservations ; The MIT Press,
2020.
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| 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). |
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| Item Description: | This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Visinary New England presented at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum from April 24 through September 13, 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 147 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780262043984 026204398X |