Main entry:

Lawlor, Robert.

Title & Author:

Sacred geometry : philosophy and practice / Robert Lawlor ; [diagrams by Melvyn Bernstein].

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, ©1982.

Description:

111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Series:

Art and imagination

Notes:
"Originated in a series of seminars held in New York City for the Lindisfarne Association, Crestone, Colorado"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 110).
The practice of geometry -- Sacred geometry: metaphor of universal order -- The primal act: the division of unity : The square cut by its diagonal; [root] 2 ; The [root] 3 and the Vesica Piscis ; The [root] 5 -- Alternation -- Proportion and the golden section : The golden proportion ; Gnomonic expansion and the creation of spirals : Gnomonic spirals -- The squaring of the circle -- Mediation: geometry becomes music : Geometry and music ; Anthropos ; The genesis of cosmic volumes : The Platonic solids.

Summary:

The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension and form of both man-made and natural structures, from Gothic cathedrals to flowers, from music to the human body. By also involving the reader in practical experiments, he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral, the Golden Proportion, the squaring of the circle and other ubiquitous ratios and proportions.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0500810303 (paperback)
9780500810309 (paperback)

Subject:

Geometry Philosophy.
Proportion.
Golden section.
Géométrie Philosophie.
Nombre d'or.
golden section.
Meetkunde. .
Filosofie. .
Geometrical constructions Religious aspects.
Art and religion
architectuur
architecture
gebouwen
buildings
coordination
ontwerp
design
afmetingen
dimensions
meetkunde
geometry
grafische kunst
graphic arts
modules
technieken
techniques
Architecture (General)
Architectuur (algemeen)

Added entries:

Lindisfarne Association.
Art and imagination.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44046
Call No.: ID:89-B3701
Status: Available