| The Beautiful Necessity. Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture. Contributor(s): Bragdon, Claude Fayette (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847028586 ISBN-13: 9781847028587 Publisher: Echo Library OUR PRICE: $9.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Architecture |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6" W x 9" (0.18 lbs) 48 pages |
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| Publisher Description: More and more science is coming to recognize, what theosophy affirms, that the spiral vortex... both in its time and its space aspects is the universal archetype... -from "Changeless Change" First published in 1910 and updated in 1922-this is a reproduction of that second edition-this is architect and theosophist Claude Bragdon's exploration of art as an "expression of the cosmic life." And what a glorious exploration is it. The essay titles hint at the lyricism of Bragdon's prose: 7"The Art of Architecture" 7"Unity and Polarity" 7"Changeless Change" 7"The Bodily Temple" 7"Latent Geometry" 7"The Arithmetic of Beauty" 7"Frozen Music" Accompanied by lovely and informative line drawings, these essays constitute a master class in the philosophy of art, beauty, science, and the intersection of all three. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: More Lives Than One, Architecture and Democracy, Episodes from An Unwritten History, and A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension). American architect, stage designer, and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club, in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life, Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet, among others. |