{"product_id":"the-beautiful-necessity-seven-essays-on-theosophy-and-architecture-paperback","title":"The Beautiful Necessity, Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaude Fayette Bragdon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore 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: - \"The Art of Architecture\" - \"Unity and Polarity\" - \"Changeless Change\" - \"The Bodily Temple\" - \"Latent Geometry\" - \"The Arithmetic of Beauty\" - \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457088798973,"sku":"9781596053588","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/SWFRUG40REg1Y2d6d0xOYkhxYkVsQT09.webp?v=1777234169","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-beautiful-necessity-seven-essays-on-theosophy-and-architecture-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}