£19.99
ISBN 978-1-913378-16-5
50 in stock
Description
A wonderful, highly illustrated, account of how sacred design was used in art, architecture, and music in ancient Greece. All forms of Greek art were based upon a reverence for geometrical order and a sense of the structure of the cosmos. This explains the lasting and haunting perfection of everything they created, their temples, their statues, and their music.
Lucie Wolfer-Sulzer was a Swiss art and craft historian who measured and studied the geometrical designs of Greek temples. She discovered that Greek statues followed the same plans, and then realized that these principles were used also in ancient Greek music.
Softback 200 pages
“The Sacred Geometry of Ancient Greece should be a vital addition to any geometer’s library. In this excellent first English translation by Bernhard Rest, beautifully published by Eglantyne Books, Lucie Wolfer-Sulzer’s erudition and knowledge of the perennial philosophy shine through on every page. In particular she shows how pentagonal geometry, with its associated root 5 and golden proportions, was used to such powerful effect in the proportions of ancient Greek temples and statuary. The book also makes important connections between these subtle ratios and those found in Pythagorean and Greek tuning systems. This is a hugely important publication.”
Additional information
| Weight | .5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 264 × 190 × .31 cm |
