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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Page 71
... symbol of origin , hidden and incomprehensible to us , but which nevertheless has pro- portion , and is the source ... symbol of the unfolding of reason from unity to multi- plicity described by Cusanus is the triangle , as the triangle ...
... symbol of origin , hidden and incomprehensible to us , but which nevertheless has pro- portion , and is the source ... symbol of the unfolding of reason from unity to multi- plicity described by Cusanus is the triangle , as the triangle ...
Page 84
... symbol appears often in con- temporary proto - scientific publications analyzing the substance and structure of the universe , sometimes making use of Neoplatonic hierarchies and spheres , as in Pico della Mirandola's correspondence of ...
... symbol appears often in con- temporary proto - scientific publications analyzing the substance and structure of the universe , sometimes making use of Neoplatonic hierarchies and spheres , as in Pico della Mirandola's correspondence of ...
Page 135
... symbol of Christian faith , Christ's death and the Resurrection , and an attribute of Venus , Goddess of Love . Serpents were symbols of evil , synonyms for Satan , also signifying fertility , and a phallic symbol . Medusa is a symbol ...
... symbol of Christian faith , Christ's death and the Resurrection , and an attribute of Venus , Goddess of Love . Serpents were symbols of evil , synonyms for Satan , also signifying fertility , and a phallic symbol . Medusa is a symbol ...
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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