SACRED GEOMETRY: SYMBOLISM AND PURPOSE IN RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES - Pennick, 1998

SACRED GEOMETRY: SYMBOLISM AND PURPOSE IN RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES

Book Details + Condition: Capall Bann Publishing (Chieveley, UK). Early Edition, 1998. Softcover. 182 pages, with b&w illustrations throughout. Author Nigel Pennick examines the history and the applications of sacred geometry, tracing the rise and fall of this transcendent art from megalithic stone circles to Art Nouveau, revealing how architecture attempts to mirror the geometry of the Universe. Chapters include:

- Ancient Greece

- Renaissance Sacred Geometry

- Masonic Symbolism and Documentary Evidence

- Mesopotamian and Hebrew Sacred Geometry

- Ancient Egyptian Sacred Geometry

- And much more.

In very good condition, with firm binding and only minor shelf wear; interior is clean and free of markings.