Shaker Sister's Drawings [Hardcover]

Cora Helena Sarle (Author), June Sprigg Tooley (Introduction), Scott Swank (Afterword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press; 1st ed edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885254520
• ISBN-13: 978-1885254528
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,218,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Shaker Sisteręs vision on plants, December 27, 2000

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This review is from: Shaker Sister's Drawings (Hardcover)

Maybe the Shakeręs visions of the "spiritual world" shaped Sister Sarleęs perception of the "natural world" and therefore influenced her nice, simple, stylized drawings. On stressing the straight stalks and the symmetry of every plant she captures the essence of each species. I like the a little bit naive-looking illustrations very much because of their honesty and purity. The plants are well-arranged on every page, with a certain economy of layout, which fits into the Shaker-philosophy. I think in some way Sister Helenaęs spirit lives on in these prettily-drawn illustrations that can please both- flower lovers and botanists.