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049 _aCARIBET
050 0 0 _aNA680
_bB24 2007
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100 1 _aBangs, Herbert
_d1927-
_9199337
245 1 4 _aThe return of sacred architecture :
_bthe golden ratio and the end of modernism /
_cHerbert Bangs.
_htxt
264 _aRochester, Vermont :
_bInner Traditions ,
_c2007
300 _a224 p.
_bill.
_c26 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_bnc
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index.
505 _aIntro; 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
520 _a"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.
650 0 _954088
_aArchitecture, Modern
_y20th century
_xPhilosophy.
_2Local
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_kGeneral
_mB24 2007