William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult

ISBN-13: 9780367405410 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 246 str.

Amandeep Kaur Mann

Opis

This book delves into the life and work of architect William Richard Lethaby (1857 – 1931) and his relationship with the occult and alchemy, in particular.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: Lethaby, Occultism and Symbolism: A Twenty-first-century Perspective  1. The Occult in Lethaby’s Time  2. Symbolic Theory and the Occult  Part II: Elements of the Occult in Lethaby’s work  3. Alchemical Imagery: Exoteric and Esoteric Emblems Found in Lethaby’s Work  4. Occult Magical Symbolism in A Beryl Shrine (1888)  5. Spaces of Transmutation: Lethaby’s Architecture and Comparisons with J. L. M. Lauweriks  Part III: The Occult and Lethaby’s Legacy  6. Contemporaries Influenced by Lethaby and Architecture, Mysticism and Myth  7. The Early Twentieth Century and Beyond: The Influence of Lethaby, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Occult Concepts  Conclusion 

O autorze

Amandeep Kaur Mann is an architectural historian whose research focuses on the relationship between nineteenth-and twentieth-century architects and occultism. Amandeep holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Nottingham.