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Architecture And Democracy

By: Claude Bragdon

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Architecture and Democracy" is a thought-provoking book written by Claude Bragdon, exploring the relationship between architecture and the principles of democracy. With a keen understanding of both architectural theory and democratic ideals, Bragdon delves into the ways in which architecture can reflect and shape the social fabric of a democratic society. Bragdon explores various architectural styles, urban planning principles, and historical examples to illustrate the relationship between built environments and democratic values. He advocates for the democratization of architecture, where the design and development of public spaces are driven by the needs and aspirations of the people they serve. "Architecture and Democracy" challenges readers to reevaluate their understanding of architecture as more than just a functional endeavor, but as a means to foster social cohesion, equality, and democratic ideals. Bragdon's book serves as a call to architects, urban planners, and policymakers to consider the social and political implications of their work, and to embrace a design philosophy that prioritizes inclusivity, accessibility, and the well-being of the community.

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More Lives Than One

By: Claude Bragdon

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More Lives Than One

By: Claude Bragdon

Few Americans have had as many creative lives as Claude Bragdon who designed theatrical sets and churches, who dabbled in theosophy and the occult, who wrote about it all with spirit, passion, and penetrating insight. Here, in delightfully effervescent prose, Bragdon tells the story of his life-or lives. From his Personal Life ("Born under the constellation Leo, the heart sign, I was never long out of love") to his Occult Life ("I frightened [my mother] by declaring that I was the chosen vessel for the pouring out of a new revelation upon mankind"), Bragdon is surprisingly frank, frequently hilarious, and always wonderfully self-deprecating. First published in 1917, this is an intimate dispatch from a true American character. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: The Beautiful Necessity, Architecture and Democracy, Episodes from An Unwritten History, and A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension). American architect, stage designer, and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club, in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life, Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet, among others.

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1596053593

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Architecture and Democracy

By: Claude Bragdon

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Architecture and Democracy

By: Claude Bragdon

Architecture and Democracy By Claude Bragdon New Edition Brand New Copies Claude Fayette Bragdon (August 1, 1866 – 1946) was an American architect, writer, and stage designer based in Rochester, New York, up to World War I, then in New York City. The designer of Rochester's New York Central Railroad terminal (1909–13) and Chamber of Commerce (1915–17), as well as many other public buildings and private residences, Bragdon enjoyed a national reputation as an architect working in the progressive tradition associated with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Along with members of the Prairie School and other regional movements, these architects developed new approaches to the planning, design, and ornamentation of buildings that embraced industrial techniques and building types while reaffirming democratic traditions threatened by the rise of urban mass society. In numerous essays and books, Bragdon argued that only an “organic architecture” based on nature could foster democratic community in industrial capitalist society. This book can lay no claim to unity of theme, since its subjects range from skyscrapers to symbols and soul states; but the author claims for it nevertheless a unity of point of view, and one (correct or not) so comprehensive as to include in one synthesis every subject dealt with. For according to that point of view, a skyscraper is only a symbol—and of what? A condition of consciousness, that is, a state of the soul. Democracy even, we are beginning to discover, is a condition of consciousness too. Our only hope of understanding the welter of life in which we are immersed, as in a swift and muddy river, is in ascending as near to its pure source as we can. That source is in consciousness and consciousness is in ourselves. This is the point of view from which each problem dealt with has been attacked; but lest the author be at once set down as an impracticable dreamer, dwelling aloof in an ivory tower, the reader should know that his book has been written in the scant intervals afforded by the practice of the profession of architecture, so broadened as to include the study of abstract form, the creation of ornament, experiments with color and light, and such occasional educational activities as from time to time he has been called upon to perform at one or another architectural school.

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1492850071

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The Beautiful Necessity

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

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The Beautiful Necessity

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

The Beautiful Necessity" by Claude Fayette Bragdon is a captivating exploration of the principles of design and the interplay between art, nature, and spirituality. In this seminal work, Bragdon argues that beauty is not merely an aesthetic quality but an essential aspect of existence, permeating all aspects of life and imbuing the universe with meaning and purpose. At the core of Bragdon's philosophy is the belief that beauty is not a luxury but a fundamental necessity for human flourishing. Drawing upon insights from philosophy, mathematics, and mysticism, he traces the evolution of aesthetic principles throughout history and explores their implications for art, architecture, and everyday life. Bragdon's writing is marked by its depth, clarity, and poetic sensibility. He explores a wide range of topics, from the geometry of nature to the symbolism of ancient civilizations, offering readers a rich tapestry of ideas and inspirations. Through his lyrical prose and thought-provoking insights, Bragdon invites readers to see the world with fresh eyes and appreciate the beauty that surrounds them. One of the key themes of "The Beautiful Necessity" is the idea of unity and harmony in design. Bragdon argues that true beauty arises from a balance of form and function, and that the most enduring works of art are those that resonate with the rhythms of nature and the human spirit. "The Beautiful Necessity" is more than just a treatise on aesthetics; it is a celebration of the human capacity for creativity and imagination. Bragdon's vision of beauty as a universal principle that transcends cultural boundaries and historical epochs continues to inspire artists, designers, and thinkers to this day, making this book a timeless classic of design philosophy.

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1835918352

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The Beautiful Necessity

Essays on Architecture

By: Claude Bragdon

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The Beautiful Necessity

Essays on Architecture

By: Claude Bragdon

A noted American architect of the early twentieth century discusses universal principles behind the harmonious forms and proportions of ancient and modern buildings. Seven essays by Claude Bragdon offer a master class in the architectural union of art, beauty, and science. His observations and analyses encompass a tremendous variety of buildings, from Gothic cathedrals to Giotto's Campanile to the Taj Mahal, and his examples extend far beyond architecture to the natural symmetry found in the feathers of a peacock's tail, snowflakes, plants, and the human face. "Art in all its manifestations is an expression of the cosmic life," notes the author, "and its symbols constitute a language by means of which this life is published and represented. Art is at all times subject to the 'Beautiful Necessity' of proclaiming the 'world order'." Bragdon's theories are illuminated by his graceful black-and-white line drawings, which portray the essentials of line and proportion as expressed in many well-known buildings and paintings.

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0486806367

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Oracle

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

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Oracle

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

January 16, 1916: Destiny is determined at the birth of the soul, and the will enters only to fulfill destiny. January 18, 1920: Rice is excellent: it contains the least disturbing quality in its nature of food for the body not meant for physical stress. -from Oracle One of the most extraordinary figures of the popular intellectualism of the early 20th century, Claude Bragdon was an architect and designer who dabbled in theosophy and the occult and wrote about it all with an infectious spirit and passion. Here, in this compact volume first published in 1921, he shares the psychic communications his second wife, Eugenie Julier Macauley, received from "a guardian spirit of supernatural goodness and wisdom." Refusing to use her mysterious insight for trivia matters, Eugenie asked of this "Oracle" only knowledge transcending human ken. These are the fruits of her paranormal gift. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: Merely Players, The Eternal Poles, Yoga for You, Four-Dimensional Vistas, Projective Ornament, The Beautiful Necessity, Architecture and Democracy, Episodes from An Unwritten History, and A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension). American architect, stage designer, and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club, in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life, Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet, among others.

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1596054913

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Merely Players

By: Claude Bragdon

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Merely Players

By: Claude Bragdon

And now comes a modern sculptor who takes this Medusa mask and makes it the vehicle of expression of ideas and emotions to which antiquity was a stranger, for they are the bitter fruitage of that sky-hiding tree we name "modern civilization." -on artist Oskar J. W. Hansen Claude Bragdon was an architect and stage designer who dabbled in theosophy and the occult... and wrote about all his expansive experiences with spirit, passion, and a penetrating insight. This 1929 collection of compulsively readable essays is a fascinating journey through life in the theater, the meaning of modern art, diverse traditions of spirituality coming together in contemporary culture, and the fascination with the paranormal that gripped Bragdon and his times. The impressive range of Bragdon's erudition serves as a fascinating overview of the popular intellectualism of the early 20th century. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: Oracle, The Eternal Poles, Yoga for You, Four-Dimensional Vistas, Projective Ornament, The Beautiful Necessity, Architecture and Democracy, Episodes from An Unwritten History, and A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension). American architect, stage designer, and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club, in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life, Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet, among others.

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1596055049

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The Secret Springs

An Autobiography

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

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The Secret Springs

An Autobiography

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

Originally published: London: Andrews Dakers, Ltd., 1917.

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1596053569

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Four-Dimensional Vistas

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

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Four-Dimensional Vistas

By: Claude Fayette Bragdon

Reproduction of the original: Four-Dimensional Vistas by Claude Fayette Bragdon

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ARCHITECTURE & DEMOCRACY

By: Claude Fayette 1866-1946 Bragdon

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ARCHITECTURE & DEMOCRACY

By: Claude Fayette 1866-1946 Bragdon

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Architecture And Democracy

Architecture And Democracy

More Lives Than One

More Lives Than One

Architecture and Democracy

Architecture and Democracy

The Beautiful Necessity

The Beautiful Necessity

The Beautiful Necessity

The Beautiful Necessity

Oracle

Oracle

Merely Players

Merely Players

The Secret Springs

The Secret Springs

Four-Dimensional Vistas

Four-Dimensional Vistas

ARCHITECTURE & DEMOCRACY

ARCHITECTURE & DEMOCRACY

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