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A Harmonic Division Canon: An Analysis of a Geometric Diagram In Villard De Honnecout's Architecture Book.
By Hans Kayser.
Essays On The History of Harmonics
Rudolf Haase
Translated by Ariel Godwin.
Edited by Joscelyn Godwin.
100p.. German Edition 1946, Translation Society Edition 2010. With 20 plates and ills. This interesting, shorter work by Hans Kayser gives a harmonic analysis of the human body, and its proportions. The collection of essays by Kayser’s student Rudolf Haase presents a number of very interesting essays on the History of Harmonics and its relations. Also included is Hans’ Kayser’s Horoscope with a brief analysis. Contents: Remarks on Plato’s “Harmony of the Spheres”; Research on Leibniz at the Hans Kayser Institute for Fundamental Harmonic Research; HERMANN BAHR (1863-1934) and Harmonic Thought; Cosmic Harmony in Symbolism and Natural Science: On the World View of JOSEF MATTHIAS HAUER; The Mythos of the Sound-Cosmos; Fundamental Harmonic Research; Hermann Hesse: The Glass Bead Game; HERMANN HESSE AND THE HARMONIC TRADITION, A study on the origins of the Glass Bead Game; The Author’s Allusions; References to KEPLER; “Cosmic Harmony”; Science and Game; Haase’s Biography. Horoscope of Hans Kayser.
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HARMONIA PLANTARUM: The Harmony of Plants
By Hans Kayser.
Translated by Ariel Godwin.
Edited by Joscelyn Godwin.
German Edition 1943. 350 Pages. With numerous plates and illustrations. This is Kayser's extensive work on the Harmonics of Plant Forms, filled with fascinating diagrams of the structure and harmonic relations of plant forms. CONTENTS: Dedication. Introduction. Part I: The Form of the Plant. Overall Form; Goethe’s Metamorphosis of Plants; The form of the Leaf; Bifurcation; Leaf Collectives; Leaf Positioning; The Flowers. Part II: The Functions of the Plant: Life; Sex; Nourishment; Chlorophyll; Chemistry; Geotropism; Growth; Spontaneous Generation; Aspects. Part III: Harmonical Value-Forms of the Plant: Discontinuum; Hierarchy; Rhythm; Polarity; Symmetry; Resonance; Spirals; Senarius; Directions (Tropisms).The Nature of the Plant. Afterword.
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PAESTUM: The Nomoi of Three Ancient Greek Temples at Paestum.
By Hans Kayser.
Translated by Ariel Godwin.
Edited by Joscelyn Godwin.
German Edition 1958, Translation Society Edition 2008. 205 Pages, with 50 plates and illustrations. This is Hans Kayser’s primary work on the Harmonics of Architecture, using the temple at Paestum to demonstrate how Sacred Architecture is constructed according to Harmonic Proportions. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction; 2. Music and Architecture; 3. Paestum; 4. Pythagoras; 5. Preliminary Remarks on Harmonic Analysis; 6. The Nomoi of the Basilica; 7. The Nomoi of the Temple of Ceres; 8. The Nomoi of the Temple of Poseidon; 9. On the Meaning of this Work; 10 Afterword.
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