Title The relation between architectural forms and philosophical structures in the work of Francesco Borromini in seventeenth-century Rome / John Hendrix

Published Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2002] ©2002

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Description xiii, 259 pages, 40 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Mellen studies in architecture ; v. 9 Mellen studies in architecture ; v. 9 Contents 1. Renaissance Precedent: Leon Battista Alberti -- 2. The Structure of the Cosmos in the Baroque -- 3. The Neoplatonic Idea at the Accademia di San Luca -- 4. Syncretism and Architectural Syntax -- 5. The Structuring of the Conceptual Process -- 6. Athanasius Kircher and Hermeticism -- 7. Esoteric Symbols of Hermetic and Neoplatonic Philosophy -- 8. Light, Vision and Numerology -- 9. The Transmutation of Geometries -- 10. Neoplatonic Philosophy -- 11. Presocratic Origins Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index Subject Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667 -- Criticism and interpretation. SUBJECT Rome (Italy) -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115190 -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012473 LC no. 2002069555 ISBN 0773469958 v. 9 077347952X MSArc Series

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