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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... means " region of light , " Chefren means " the appearance of divine light , ” and Mykerinos means " the constant power of divine light . ' The rays of the sun , the object of worship , are often pictured as rays of light in a triangle ...
... means " region of light , " Chefren means " the appearance of divine light , ” and Mykerinos means " the constant power of divine light . ' The rays of the sun , the object of worship , are often pictured as rays of light in a triangle ...
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... means " heaven on earth . " The temple is dedicated to Amon , the “ hidden one , ” the inaccessible god who was the originary creator , the progenitor of the Ennead , the group of nine gods responsible for the creation of the universe ...
... means " heaven on earth . " The temple is dedicated to Amon , the “ hidden one , ” the inaccessible god who was the originary creator , the progenitor of the Ennead , the group of nine gods responsible for the creation of the universe ...
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... means by which the Divine mind creates the intelligible structure of the universe , with the sun as the soul at the center . Similarly , mathematical figures exist in the human soul prior to the intellect , and are the means by which ...
... means by which the Divine mind creates the intelligible structure of the universe , with the sun as the soul at the center . Similarly , mathematical figures exist in the human soul prior to the intellect , and are the means by which ...
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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