The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1910)
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Rochester, N. Y., The Manas press · leaf 26
rnation of and a return to the Gothic spirit, employing newmaterials, new methods, and developing new forms to show forth ancientverities. In studying these salient periods in the history of European architecture,it is possible to trace a gradual growth or unfolding, as of a plant. It is afact… … The Egyptians, in their constructions, did little more than to placeenoi-mous stones on end, and pile one huge block upon another. They usedmany columns placed close together. The spaces which they spanned wereinconsiderable. The upright, or supporting member may be said to have 20 THE BEAUTIFUL…
Architecture · Theosophy
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