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_aBragdon, Claude Fayette, _d1866-1946 |
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_aThe Beautiful Necessity : _bSeven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2004 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2004-06-01 | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aThe art of architecture -- Unity and polarity -- Changeless change -- The bodily temple -- Latent geometry -- The arithmetic of beauty -- Frozen music -- Conclusion. | |
| 508 | _aE-text prepared by Leah Moser and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team | ||
| 520 | _a"The Beautiful Necessity" by Claude Fayette Bragdon is a philosophical treatise that combines concepts from theosophy with architectural theory, written during the early 20th century. The work discusses how art, particularly architecture, serves as an expression of cosmic order and life, embodying relationships between different forms of artistic expression. It explores themes such as beauty, unity, and the principles of design, illustrating how these concepts manifest in architectural structures through the lens of theosophy. The opening of the book introduces the foundational ideas that Bragdon will explore throughout his essays. He emphasizes the importance of theosophy as a means to understand art, likening architectural practice to a spectrum where different art forms interact and yield deeper insights into existence. The narrative begins with a reflection on the relationship between architecture and the senses, asserting that architecture embodies both functional necessity and artistic beauty, echoing the characteristics of music as a temporal art. Bragdon argues that architecture, while grounded in space, offers a timeless expression of beauty that connects all artistic endeavors through their shared essence, setting the stage for a more detailed examination of different architectural styles and principles in the ensuing chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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