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The Kabbalistic idea of creation, as expressed through light, space and geometry, has left its unmistakable mark on our civilization. Drawing upon a wide array of historical materials and images of contemporary art, sculpture and architecture, Alexander Gorlin explores the influence, whether acknowledged or not, of the Kabbalah on modern design. Gorlin brings light to the translation of the mystical philosophy into a physical form, drawing clear comparisons...

The pristine, the ruined, the ephemeral, and even the notional are the subject of this highly original and admittedly romantic contribution to the literature of architecture. The authors fresh perceptions open this practical art to new interpretations as he explores the means by which buildings, real or imagined, evade or surpass functional necessities while sometimes satisfying them. What fascinates the author in these discussions are the paradoxes...

Revision of article published in the Indian historical quarterly, v. 14, 1938, under the title: Symbolism of the dome.

"In the view of Hegel and others, pagan art is the art of the beautiful and Christian art is the art of the sublime. Roger Homan provides a comprehensive and informative account of the course of Christian art, encompassing a re-evaluation of conventional aesthetics and its application to religious art. Homan argues that taste and aesthetics are fashioned by morality and belief, and that Christian art must be assessed not in terms of art but of its...

"Caves and grottoes consecrated to gods of classical antiquity often had erotic significance, such as being the site of Bacchic orgies". -dm.

Greek temples captivate anyone with an interest in antiquity, while the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columnar orders that clad them launched the classical architectural tradition down to modern times. Origins of Classical Architecture proposes ground-breaking new theories in both areas as it elucidates the nature and funtion of Greek architecture. While contextualizing past debate and prevailing evolutionary assumptions, Mark Wilson Jones explains...