Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Colonial Virginia

by Dell Upton

Book Overview

In this prize-winning book, Dell Upton interweaves architectural and cultural history to create a vivid new picture of colonial Virginia. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and drawings, the book examines the architecture, decoration, and furniture of Virginia s Anglican churches and puts them in the context of eighteenth-century life and society.

"The finest study ever done of early American religious architecture."--Jon Butler, Journal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300065655
• ISBN13: 9780300065657
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 9.3"