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Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
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Description for Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACK; HPCA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
Surviving fragments of information about Pythagoras (born ca. 570 BCE) gave rise to a growing set of legends about this famous sage and his followers, whose reputations throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages have never before been studied systematically. This book is the first to examine the unified concepts of harmony, proportion, form, and order that were attributed to Pythagoras in the millennium after his death and the important developments to which they led in art, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, music, medicine, morals, religion, law, alchemy, and the occult sciences. In this profusely illustrated book, Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier sets out the ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801474095
SKU
V9780801474095
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About Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier is a distinguished independent scholar. She is the author of Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura: Meaning and Invention and Jacopo Bellini: Selected Drawings and her work in the history of art and the history of ideas has been published extensively in international journals and conference proceedings.
Reviews for Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Joost-Gaugier's summaries of historical sources about Pythagoras are useful in outlining and appreciating the multidisciplinary history of Pythagorean influence over the last two and a half millennia.
Virginia Quarterly Review
This is intellectual history of a very high order that will also be useful for general readers.... highly recommended.
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Virginia Quarterly Review
This is intellectual history of a very high order that will also be useful for general readers.... highly recommended.
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