The Shakers lived in communal households devoid of decor. But as a new exhibition of ornate drawings illustrates, they weren’t bound by simplicity. Shaker women made and exchanged—but never ...

and from the sweeping curves of their fenders to their constellations of lights. The drawings are slick with color and detail. In one, a red truck carrying two gleaming gas tanks has stopped at an ...

Interestingly, the old astronomy books and star maps, which depicted the constellations as allegorical drawings, placed the lucida (brightest star) of Lynx — orange Alpha Lyncis — in the tuft ...