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Author
Publisher
Pointed Leaf Press
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
English
Description
The Kabbalistic idea of creation, as expressed through light, space and geometry, has left its unmistakable mark on our civilization. Drawing upon a wide array of historical materials and images of contemporary art, sculpture and architecture, Alexander Gorlin explores the influence, whether acknowledged or not, of the Kabbalah on modern design. Gorlin brings light to the translation of the mystical philosophy into a physical form, drawing clear comparisons...
Author
Series
Studies in religion and the arts volume Volume 9
Publisher
Koninklijke Brill
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pamphlet architecture volume no. 29
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Publisher
Leiden University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Cities are full of symbols that bear the meanings that together constitute urban culture. These interdisciplinary case studies, from Yogyakarta to Leiden and from Buenos Aires to New York, employ urban symbolism theory and a focus on such symbols as the city's layout, statues, street names and popular culture. This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism of the ship washed ashore...