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Course Description

Instructor: Jeff Milsteen, JD

At its height, the Shaker movement numbered 6,000 believers who lived and worshipped in two dozen communities from Maine to Kentucky. Today, there are less than a handful of followers left. Despite their small numbers, the Shakers made lasting contributions to music, architecture and design. They were also inventors who embraced technology if it served their needs. Their philosophy embraced simplicity, function over form and timeless style. This class, illustrated with the instructors photographs from a number of historic Shaker villages, will explore the rise and ultimate decline of a religious movement that left behind an enduring secular legacy.

Class One: Origins, Beliefsand Call to Orderin America
Class Two: Form over Function: Shaker Architecture and Design
Class Three: Shaker Ingenuity and Entrepreneurship
Class Four: Shaker Decline and Legacy
 
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