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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb starting point
As an architect, I found this book a fascinating launch pad for further research into the symbolism and mythologies that went in to the making of so much of the World's great architecture. As a primer, this book takes us from the mythic nature of ancient architectural symbolism through the memory theater of the middle ages and into the Jungian understanding of symbols and...
Published on November 23, 2004 by R. Choudhury
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A good introduction.
But that's probably about the extent of what can really be said about it. I think this more-or-less meant to be a coffee table book as it contains a lot of photos. The author deals with the subject matter in a sort of superficial way that doesn't really delve too deep into the motives behind the use of certain principles - thankfully that subject matter can be found in...
Published on July 30, 2001 by Ryan Morrison
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb starting point,
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This review is from: Sacred Architecture (Paperback)
As an architect, I found this book a fascinating launch pad for further research into the symbolism and mythologies that went in to the making of so much of the World's great architecture. As a primer, this book takes us from the mythic nature of ancient architectural symbolism through the memory theater of the middle ages and into the Jungian understanding of symbols and forms. I enjoyed the initiation into hidden truths concealed within buildings and now my travel plans are slowly converging with places descibed in ths book.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A good introduction.,
By Ryan Morrison (SF, CA, US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sacred Architecture (Sacred Arts) (Paperback)
But that's probably about the extent of what can really be said about it. I think this more-or-less meant to be a coffee table book as it contains a lot of photos. The author deals with the subject matter in a sort of superficial way that doesn't really delve too deep into the motives behind the use of certain principles - thankfully that subject matter can be found in other books. The one thing I took away from the book was merely an understanding that their were practices in many cultures around the world that dealt with putting the spiritual symbolically into their architecture.
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Sacred Architecture by A. T. Mann (Paperback - May 28, 2003)
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