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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.
CAT#545
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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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