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Rudolf Steiner: Occult Crank or Architectural Mastermind?
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) saw architectural creation as a means of apprehending our place in the cosmos and his esoteric system of Anthroposophy aimed to demonstrate the correspondence between the spiritual and material worlds. Much of the literature available on Steiner tends to polarize him as either a creative genius or eccentric oddity, with architectural historians generally tending to adopt the latter view. Despite the fact that Steiner's architectural conceptions have remained marginal, the highly acclaimed works of many Anthroposophically inspired architects suggest that his gnostic perceptions may have something worthwhile to offer contemporary architecture. [image omitted]
Rudolf Steiner: Occult Crank or Architectural Mastermind?
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) saw architectural creation as a means of apprehending our place in the cosmos and his esoteric system of Anthroposophy aimed to demonstrate the correspondence between the spiritual and material worlds. Much of the literature available on Steiner tends to polarize him as either a creative genius or eccentric oddity, with architectural historians generally tending to adopt the latter view. Despite the fact that Steiner's architectural conceptions have remained marginal, the highly acclaimed works of many Anthroposophically inspired architects suggest that his gnostic perceptions may have something worthwhile to offer contemporary architecture. [image omitted]
Rudolf Steiner: Occult Crank or Architectural Mastermind?
Gray, Fiona (Autor:in)
Architectural Theory Review ; 15 ; 43-60
01.04.2010
18 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
TIBKAT | 1980
|British Library Online Contents | 2010
|Online Contents | 2002
Online Contents | 2010
|Die Farbenlehre von Rudolf Steiner
British Library Online Contents | 1997