Kabbalah in Art and Architecture Author: Visit Amazon's Alexander Gorlin Page | Language: English | ISBN:
193846107X | Format: PDF
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"Architect Alexander Gorlin's original and courageous new book,
Kabbalah in Art and Architecture, brings ancient ideas forward as he interprets modern and contemporary art and architecture through a prism of Jewish ideas and references... Gorlin seduces the reader to follow him on his journey linking ancient Jewish mysticism and the visual arts- a leap of faith that is both insightful and ennobling."
-- The Jewish Book Council, March 5, 2014
A serious but lively look at Jewish mysticism, supported by an archive of reference material Gorlin has been compiling for over twenty years...a visual feast, packed with large, full-bleed images that have an undeniable impact.--Martin C. Pedersen, Metropolis Magazine;December 4, 2013Locked within Kabbalah’s 3,500-year-old texts are secrets that go beyond a direct experience of the divine, Gorlin argues in his new book. Whether its influences are intentionally there or not, the author offers as evidence of the mystical tradition centuries of manuscripts, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and structures created by Jews and gentiles alike, including Frank Gehry, Yayoi Kusama, and Louis Kahn, who designed the Temple Beth El synagogue in Chappaqua, New York, in 1972. It’s the experience of art beyond the conscious reception of it that Gorlin’s after. Those who prefer their art criticism with a healthy dose of rationalism can take comfort in the Kabbalistic notion that, as he puts it, “geometry orders the universe.”-- Meredith Mendelsohn, Blouin ArtInfo; September 9, 2013- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Pointed Leaf Press (September 16, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 193846107X
- ISBN-13: 978-1938461071
- Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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