Shaker Sister's Drawings

by Cora Helena Sarle

Book Overview

Book by Sarle, Cora Helena This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885254520
• ISBN13: 9781885254528
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.8" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

A Shaker Sisterês vision on plants

Maybe the Shakerês visions of the "spiritual world" shaped Sister Sarleês 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 Helenaês spirit lives on in these prettily-drawn illustrations that can please both- flower lovers and botanists.