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Lynne Adele - As Above, So Below - 9780292759503 - V9780292759503
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As Above, So Below

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Description for As Above, So Below Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 232 color and 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 274 x 814. Weight in Grams: 1730.

“There’s an inspiring and wacky solemnity in these organizations—high values reinforced through pageantry and performance in an ecumenical social setting—which deep down must also have been a whole lot of fun. Now it’s as if that foundational Other America, that underpinning of the America we know, has gradually eroded, and here we remain, living in a world that is a mere shell, a movie set, of the world that made our world manifest, that brought it into being, and all we have left are these perplexing masks, banners, and costumes to puzzle over.”
—David Byrne, from the foreword

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Lynne Adele and Bruce Lee Webb introduce the reader to fraternal societies and explore the function and meaning of fraternal objects, including paintings and banners, costumes and ceremonial regalia, ritual objects, and an array of idiosyncratic objects that represent a grassroots response to fraternalism. Setting the art in historical context, the authors examine how fraternal societies contributed to American visual culture during this era of burgeoning fraternal activity. Simultaneously entertaining and respectful of the fraternal tradition, As Above, So Below opens lodge room doors and invites the reader to explore the compelling and often misunderstood works from the golden age of fraternity, once largely forgotten and now coveted by collectors.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292759503
SKU
V9780292759503
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Lynne Adele
LYNNE ADELE, an independent art historian with an extensive art museum and commercial art gallery background, has specialized in the work of self-taught, folk, and outsider artists for more than twenty-five years. She has written and contributed to numerous exhibition catalogs, books, and journals on American folk art; her exhibition catalog Spirited Journeys: Self-Taught Texas Artists of the Twentieth Century ... Read more

Reviews for As Above, So Below
"It’s a book so beautifully designed and illustrated that one is tempted to don a fez and make a secret sign."
Shepherd Express
"[a[ superbly illustrated volume, the first of its kind to investigate secret societies with such an uncommonly rich and informative visual presentation."
Hyperallergic

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