The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture (1922)
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York, A. A. Knopf · leaf 93
69 extended elucidation wouldbe out of place here: it issufficient to remind thereader that the circle is thesymbol of the universe; theequilateral triangle, of thehigher trinity {atma,buddhi,manas) ; and the square, ofthe lower quaternary ofmans sevenfold nature. The square is principallyused in… … LATENT GEOMETRY 87 Arc de Triomphe, in Paris is a modern example of its use(Illustrations 59, 60). The circle is often employed in con-junction with the square and the triangle. In ThomasJeffersons Rotunda for the University of Virginia, a singlegreat circle was the determining figure, as his…
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