Entrée principale:

Nelson, Louis P.

Titre et auteur:

The beauty of holiness : Anglicanism & architecture in colonial South Carolina / Louis P. Nelson.

Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.

Description:

xi, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Série(s):

The Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture and the decorative arts

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-473) and index.
Part I. Constructing material religion : The city churches -- The diversity of countries, times, and men's manners -- Builders and building culture -- Part II. Belief and ritual in material religion : Sensing the sacred -- The sacramental body -- The beauty of holiness -- Part III. Material religion and social practice : Carolina in ye West Indies -- Anglican architecture and civic order -- Pulpits, pews, and power -- Part IV. Revolutionary changes to material religion : Building the "holy city" -- Conclusion -- Appendixes : 1. Catalog of Anglican churches erected in South Carolina, 1680-1820 -- 2. Catalog of Anglican chapels erected in South Carolina, 1680-1820 -- 3. Catalog of grave markers erected in Anglican churchyards, 1680-1800 -- 4. Catalog of Anglican church silver, 1680-1820 -- 5. Pew subscriptions at St.Michael's Church in Charleston, 1758 -- 6. Pew subscriptions at St.Michael's Church in Charleston, 1760.

Résumé:

Intermingling architectural, cultural, and religious history, Louis Nelson reads Anglican architecture and decorative arts as documents of eighteenth-century religious practice and belief. --from publisher description.

Ressources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780807832332 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0807832332 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Anglican church buildings South Carolina History 18th century.
Architecture, Colonial South Carolina.
Anglican Communion South Carolina History 18th century.
Material culture South Carolina History 18th century.
Églises anglicanes Caroline du Sud Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture coloniale Caroline du Sud.
Communion anglicane Caroline du Sud Histoire 18e siècle.
Culture matérielle Caroline du Sud Histoire 18e siècle.
Anglican church buildings
Anglican Communion
Architecture, Colonial
Material culture
Anglikanismus
Kirchenbau
South Carolina Religious life and customs.
Caroline du Sud Vie religieuse.
South Carolina
Architecture.

Classification/genre:

History

Vedettes secondaires:

Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture & the decorative arts.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 260521
Cote: BIB 191430
Statut: Disponible