The return of sacred architecture : the golden ratio and the end of modernism / txt
Herbert Bangs.
- 224 p. ill. 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index.
Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword by John Anthony West; 1. Introduction: A Radical Revelation; 2. The Scientific Architecture of the Twentieth Century; The Architectural Revolution; The Wasteland; The Architecture of Alienation; 3. Making The Modern Architect; The Failure of the Schools; The Plight of the Practicing Architect; 4. The Materialist Paradigm; A New Model of the Cosmos; Nihilism, Despair, and the Decline of the Arts; 5. The Return of the Spirit; The "Other Tradition"; The New Physics; The Mystical Vision; 6. Intuition and the Creative Mind The Mind and the Unconscious MindThe Practice of Intuition; The Theory of the Archetype; 7. Archetypes of Shelter; The Cave; The Clearing; The Garden; The Presence of Water; The Four Elements; 8. Archetypes of Design; The Principle of Duality; Hierarchy; The Nature of Materials; 9. The Resolution of Form; Form and Function; The Search for Form; The Mathematical Basis of Architecture; 10. Geometry and Number; Recovering the Ancient Tradition; Principles of Sacred Geometry; The Meaning of Proportion; Architectural Examples; 11. Architect and Cosmos; Anthropocosm; Magic and Symbol The Parameters of Inspiration12. A Time of Transition; Principle and Process; Architect and Society; The New Architecture
"An inspirational call for a return to the tenets of traditional architecture as a remedy for the dehumanizing standards of modern architecture"--Provided by publisher.