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New England meeting house and church, 1630-1850 / editor, Peter Benes ... [et al.].

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection N7905 .N48 1979
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Benes, Peter.
Batcheler Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife.
Boston University., Publisher.
Series:
Annual proceedings (Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife) ; 1979.
Annual proceedings / Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife ; 1979
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Christian art and symbolism--New England--Modern period, 1500-.
Christian art and symbolism.
Quaker church buildings--New England.
Quaker church buildings.
Protestant church buildings--New England.
Protestant church buildings.
Church architecture--New England.
Church architecture.
Church buildings--New England.
Church buildings.
Decorative arts--New England.
Decorative arts.
Physical Description:
145 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Boston : Boston University, 1979.
Contents:
Contents: Meeting and dwelling house : interrelationships in early New England / Abbott L. Cummings - Asher Benjamin and Charles Bulfinch : an examination of Baroque forms in Federal style architecture / Jack Quinan - Lavius Fillmore and the federal style meeting house / Glenn M. Andres - An architectural investigation of the 1751 meeting house at Abington, Connecticut / Alvan Hill - Sky colors and scattered clouds : the decorative and architectural paintings of New England meeting houses, 1738-1834 / Peter Benes - Anglican embellishments : the contributions of John Gibbs, Junior, and William Price to the Church of England in eighteenth century Boston / Bettina A. Norton - Toward comfort and uniformity in New England meeting houses, 1750-1850 / Jane C. Nylander - Marblehead pews / Robert F. Trent - Spiritual dynamics of Puritan worship / Charles Hambrick-Stowe - The lords's supper in early New England : the setting and service Philip D. Zimmerman.
Notes:
Papers presented at the 1979 conference of The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-143).
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Penelope H. Batcheler is cited on p. 84.
Athenaeum copy: Gift of George Batcheler; replaced 10/24/2018.
OCLC:
213768245

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