The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1910)
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Rochester, N. Y., The Manas press · leaf 53
I ! -OFLEAVES Vt^K^^ ! n MAELE l£AI* … ellipse, a figure generated from two points, or foci, and the Pantheon, based upon the circle, a figure generated from a single center, are familiar examples. The distinctive characteristic of Gothic construction, the concentration or focal- ization of the weight of the vaults and arches at certain…
Architecture · Theosophy
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