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Sacred Geometry
Robert Lawlor
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Description for Sacred Geometry
Paperback. Discusses the mythological properties assigned to geometric forms, and covers the Golden Section, gnomonic spirals, music, and the squaring of the circle. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 112 pages, 202 illustrations. BIC Classification: A; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 444.
The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension and the form of both man-made and natural structures, from Gothic cathedrals to flowers, from music to the human body.
By also involving the reader in practical experiments, he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral, the Golden Proportion, the squaring of the circle and other ubiquitous ratios and proportions.
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The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension and the form of both man-made and natural structures, from Gothic cathedrals to flowers, from music to the human body.
By also involving the reader in practical experiments, he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral, the Golden Proportion, the squaring of the circle and other ubiquitous ratios and proportions.
... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Series
Art & Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500810309
SKU
V9780500810309
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About Robert Lawlor
Robert Lawlor is a mythographer, symbologist and New Age author of several books.
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