This study aims for a deeper understanding of aspects of Western art by tracing the motifs and legends from Antiquity that have influenced Freemasonry, and explaining the significance of recurring themes. The latter are to be found even in the design of parks, gardens and cemeteries.
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James Stevens Curl is Professor of Architectural History and Senior Research Fellow at The Queen's University of Belfast. He read for his Doctorate at University College London, and in 1991-2 was Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He has established an international reputation for scholarship, lucidity of style, and thorough investigations in little-known fields of research. His many books include Classical Architecture, also published by Batsford.
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Replete with illustrations, this is also one of the better books on masonry available. Masonry's history, so entertwined with that of the founding of the U.S. in philosophy and symbolism, should be a subject for all school children. Rather than focusing on closed doors, this respectful narrative opens to all the beautiful imagery of masonry and associated subjects.
Not limited to architectural discussions, Curl reviews the music and contemporary sets of The Magic Flute more comprehensibly than elsewhere, seen in a light of many arts (and cultures) at once. This largely silent part of the history of western civilization is good reading for just about anyone wanting at once broader and more specific historical knowledge; it should be requisite for every student of architecture.
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