As above, so below : art of the American fraternal society, 1850-1930 / Lynne Adele & Bruce Lee Webb ; foreword by David Byrne.

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Adele, Lynne [Browse]
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English
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First edition.
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  • Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
  • ©2015
Description
xxi, 266 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

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      "'There is 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. Featuring more than two hundred outstanding objects gathered from private and public collections, 'As Above, So Below' provides the first comprehensive survey of the rich vein of art created during the golden age of the American fraternal society. By the turn of the twentieth century, an estimated 70,000 local lodges affiliated with hundreds of distinct American fraternal societies claimed a combined five and a half million members. It has been estimated that at least 20 percent of the American adult male population belonged to one or more fraternal orders, including the two largest groups, the Freemasons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The esoteric knowledge, visual symbols, and moral teachings revealed to lodge brothers during secret rituals inspired an abundant and expressive body of objects that form an important facet of American folk art"--Provided by publisher.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index.
      Contents
      • The rise of American fraternal societies in the nineteenth century
      • Immigrant societies
      • African American societies
      • Religious societies
      • Fraternal buildings
      • The growth of an industry
      • Societies with secrets: an introduction to fraternal orders
      • Freemasonry
      • Odd Fellowship
      • Knights of Pythias
      • Speculative Woodcraft
      • Modern Woodmen of America
      • Woodmen of the World
      • Improved Order of Red Men
      • The Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (The Grange)
      • THE OBJECTS: A SYMBOLIC ART
      • Death-related imagery / memento mori
      • Painting
      • Banners
      • The magic lantern
      • Chromolithographs
      • Costumes And regalia
      • Costumes
      • Ceremonial regalia and parade dress
      • Fraternal aprons
      • Three-dimensional ritual objects
      • The Lodge Goat: the lighter side of fraternalism
      • Vernacular expressions Of fraternity
      • John Haley Bellamy
      • Tramp art
      • Trench art of World War I
      • Textiles
      • Monumental expressions of fraternalism
      • Mendocino Lodge No. 179
      • Ernest Hupeden's Painted Forest
      • Samuel P. Dinsmoor's Garden of Eden
      • Brothers at rest: fraternal funerary traditions.
      Other title(s)
      Art of the American fraternal society, 1850-1930
      ISBN
      • 9780292759503 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
      • 0292759509 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
      SuDoc no.
      Z UA380.8 AD32as
      LCCN
      2015004311
      OCLC
      903473882
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