Architectural Forms and Philosophical StructuresPeter Lang, 2003 - 276 pages Architectural Forms and Philosophical Structures examines architectural and architectonic forms as products of philosophical and epistemological structures in selected cultures and time periods, and analyzes architecture as a text of its culture. Relations between architectural forms and philosophical structures are explored in Western civilization, beginning in Egypt and Greece and culminating in twentieth-century Europe and America. Architecture, like all forms of artistic expression, is interwoven with the beliefs and the structures of knowledge of its culture. |
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... called " the perfect residence of the Ennead . " 21 Seven represents the process of growth and perpetual change in the universe , as in the seven days of the week . The ram also symbolizes growth and per- petual change . The number ...
... called " the perfect residence of the Ennead . " 21 Seven represents the process of growth and perpetual change in the universe , as in the seven days of the week . The ram also symbolizes growth and per- petual change . The number ...
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... called the Rock of Sibyl was worshipped because Sibyl , the mythical originary diviner or prophesier , stood on the rock to prophesy . The rock supposedly fell there out of the mountains . Many stones which were worshipped in archaic ...
... called the Rock of Sibyl was worshipped because Sibyl , the mythical originary diviner or prophesier , stood on the rock to prophesy . The rock supposedly fell there out of the mountains . Many stones which were worshipped in archaic ...
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... called that shape had none Distinguishable , in member , joint , or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed , For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly ...
... called that shape had none Distinguishable , in member , joint , or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed , For each seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly ...
Contents
Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Egypt | 5 |
Architecture and Cosmology in Ancient Greece | 35 |
Francesco Borromini and the Construction of Meaning | 51 |
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