Homage to Pythagoras
Homage to Pythagoras: rediscovering sacred scienceChristopher Bamford (Editor)
Publisher: Hudson, N.Y. : Lindisfarne Press, [1994]
ISBN: 0940262630 ISBN13: 9780940262638 LCC: BP605 Edition: (pbk.) :$18.95
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction / Christopher Bamford -- Ancient temple architecture /
Robert Lawlor -- The Platonic tradition on the nature of proportion /
Keith Critchlow -- What is sacred in architecture? / Keith Critchlow
-- Twelve criteria for sacred architecture / Keith Critchlow --
Pythagorean number as form, color, and light / Robert Lawlor -- The
two lights / Arthur Zajonc -- Apollo / Anne Macaulay -- Blake, Yeats,
and Pythagoras / Kathleen Raine.
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Language: engPhysical Description: 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk.) :$18.95
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