THE GEOMETRY OF ART & LIFE
by Matila Ghyka
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- Hardcover
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
www.sacredscience.com Sacred Science Institute. 2006. Privately Printed. H Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt. New. Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1946. 174p. With 80 Plates. This was One of Baumring's First Choices for his Students in the Field of Natural Order, Growth & the Sacred Geometry Governing it. An Absolutely Wonderful and Classic Work! Contents: Proportion In Space & Time; Ratio & Proportion; Asymmetrical Division; Ockham's Principle of Economy; Arithmetical, Geometrical & Harmonic Proportion; 10 Types of Proportion; Proportion, Symmetry & Eurythmy; Rhythm in Space & Proportion in Time; Golden Section; Algebraic & Geometrical Properties of Golden Section; Number PHI; Fibonacci Series; Phyllotaxis & "Ideal Angle " In Botany; Pentagonal Symmetry; Geometrical Shapes on the Plane; Polygons; Regular & Star Polygons; Remarkable Triangles; Triangle of Pythagoras; Triangle of Price; "Sublime" Triangle; Rectangles; PHI Rectangle; Pentagon & Pentagram; Decagon; Golden Section; Hexagon & Octagon; Geometrical Shapes In Space; 5 Regular Polyhedra or Platonic Bodies; Prisms & Anti- Prisms; Kepler's Star-Dodecahedra; Icosahedron & Golden Section; "Chamber of the King"; Great Pyramid, Star- Dodecahedra & Human Body; Regular Hypersolids in the Fourth Dimension; Regular Partitions on the Plane in Space; Equipartitions & Partitions of Plane, Space; Crystal Lattices; Hexagonal & Cubic Symmetries; Cuboctahedron & Close Packing of Spheres; Principle of Least Action; Most General Law for Inorganic Systems; Geometry Of Life; Harmonious Growth & Logarithmic Spiral; Pentagonal Symmetry in Living Organisms; Pentagon, PHI Spiral & Golden Section; Flowers & Shells; Human Body & PHI Progression; Transmission of Geometrical Symbols & Plans; Pythagoras; Number-Mystic; Pythagorean Tradition, Pentagram, Decad, & Tetraktys; Neo-Pythagoreanism & Kabbala; Antique Builder's Guilds & Mason's Guilds of Middle Ages; Mason's Marks; Masonic Tradition & Symbols; Greek & Gothic Canons of Proportion in Architecture; Dynamic Symmetry; Dynamic Rectangles of Hambidge; Directing Circles of Moessel; Greek Vases, Temples & Human Body; Gothic Master Plans; Symphonic Construction; Periodic Rediscovery of Golden Section; Seurat's Divisionism; Revival of Pythagorean Doctrine in Science & Art; Modern Applications; Symphonic Composition. Wonderful Book, Highly Recommended!!.
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- Bookseller
- Sacred Science Institute (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112
- Title
- THE GEOMETRY OF ART & LIFE
- Author
- Matila Ghyka
- Format/Binding
- H Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Privately Printed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- www.sacredscience.com Sacred Science Institute
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- SCIENCE BAUMRING LIST GEOMETRY ORDER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Science Sacred Science Publications;
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About the Seller
Sacred Science Institute
Biblio member since 2006
Santa Barbara, California
About Sacred Science Institute
The Sacred Science Institute specializes in rare books in the fields of Metaphysical & Scientific Cosmology, Financial Market Forecasting, Astrology & Astroeconomics, Sacred Geometry, Rare & Alternative Science, Occultism, Esoteric Science, Freemasonry & related subjects.
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