The Power of Limits
Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture
$73.70
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2005
Summary
One of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature—designs revealed by slicing through a head of cabbage or an orange, the forms of shells and butterfly wings. These images are awesome not just for their beauty alone, but because they suggest an order underlying their growth, a harmony existing in nature. What does it mean that such an order exists; how far does it extend?
The Power of Limits was inspired by those simple dis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590302590 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590302591 |
| Author: | Gyorgy Doczi |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 268mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“Those who read this book are in for a treat, for they may discover a new way of seeing the world, literally. Doczi is to be commended for his scholarship—and vision.“— Library Journal
“The clearest, best-illustrated book on the subject.“— Ballast Quarterly Review
“A stimulating, eye-opening book for all artists and designers, students of science and psychology, this visually stunning volume unveils the astonishing similarities between the designs of nature and human creativity in art and society.“— Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
“Doczi’s book is an excellent introduction to the study of proportions and is also a beautiful, poetic expression of the harmony of the universe.“— New Age
About The Author
Gyorgy Doczi
György Doczi practiced architecture in Hungary, Sweden, Iran, and the United States. He initiated a permanent exhibit on form in nature and art at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, and was a founder of the Friends of Jungian Psychology Northwest. He died in 1995.
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