The German immigrants who settled the Amana Colonies of Iowa in 1855 brought with them a rich cultural heritage of arts and crafts. That heritage is explored, and celebrated, in this book. This comprehensive title explores everything from clock making, furniture, and woodworking to basketry, caning, and carpet weaving. Full-color photographs by legendary Iowa photographer Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret show the beauty that abounds in Amana, including gorgeous gardens and architecture. Together, the text and photos become their own work of art.
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Marjorie K. Albers, whose ancestors immigrated to Amana from Germany with the Inspirationists (the group that founded Amana) earned a bachelor of arts degree at Iowa State University in Ames and a master of arts degree at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She taught courses on European and American historic furnishings at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has extensive experience as a practicing designer. Peter Hoehnle, whose Amana ancestry traces back ten generations, earned a PhD in agricultural history and rural studies from Iowa State University. He has written numerous articles on communal, agricultural, and Iowa history. He authored "The Amana People: The History of a Religious Community" (Penfield Books, 2003), and received the Throne Aldrich Award for an article published in the Annals of Iowa, a publication of the State Historical Society of Iowa. He is an elder in the Community of True Inspiration.
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The arts and crafts heritage of Iowan German immigrants,
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AMANA STYLE: FURNITURE, ARTS, CRAFTS, ARCHITECTURE & GARDENS explores the rich arts and crafts heritage of the German immigrants who settled in the Amana Colonies of Iowa, bringing with them traditions which continue to this day. Many of the buildings and arts have distinctive Germanic roots, and two historians whose ancestors have roots in Amana traditions discuss unique characteristics and features of Amana style, from its tendency to be unsigned and anonymous to how the feel and scope of Amana differs. From willow baskets to youth chairs, Amana's traditions receive a fine blend of history and personal insights.
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Today's Amana community has its roots in the late seventeenth century Pietist movement, whose adherents sought a closer and more meaningful relationship with God through Bible study and simple religious gatherings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
broom makers, broom making, communal kitchens, rag carpets, cabinet shops Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Amana, Middle Amana, Main Amana, South Amana, West Amana, Community of True Inspiration, Amana Society, Christian Metz, New York, Amana Arts Guild, Cedar Rapids, Joseph Prestele, Friedrich Hahn, Iowa City, The Great Change, Amana Heritage Society, East Amana, John Barry, World War, Amana Heritage Museum, William Henry, Iowa River, Joanna Schanz, Krauss Furniture Shop, Madeline Roemig Bendorf New!
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Today's Amana community has its roots in the late seventeenth century Pietist movement, whose adherents sought a closer and more meaningful relationship with God through Bible study and simple religious gatherings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
broom makers, broom making, communal kitchens, rag carpets, cabinet shops Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Amana, Middle Amana, Main Amana, South Amana, West Amana, Community of True Inspiration, Amana Society, Christian Metz, New York, Amana Arts Guild, Cedar Rapids, Joseph Prestele, Friedrich Hahn, Iowa City, The Great Change, Amana Heritage Society, East Amana, John Barry, World War, Amana Heritage Museum, William Henry, Iowa River, Joanna Schanz, Krauss Furniture Shop, Madeline Roemig Bendorf New!
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- The Amana People and Their Furniture by Marjorie K. Albers on page 29, and Back Matter
- The Communistic Societies of the United States: Economic Social and Religious Utopias of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Nordhoff in Back Matter
- Amana Colonies by Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret in Back Matter
- Amanas Yesterday by Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret in Back Matter
- A Change and A Parting: My Story of Amana by Barbara Selzer Yambura in Back Matter
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