The Power of Limits

Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture

Gyorgy Doczi

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 November 2005

History of Art & Design Styles; Architecture; Reference works

Proportional harmonies in nature, art, and architecture.

A language of patterns seems to operate throughout the creative processes of both nature and humanity, from the geometry of a snowflake to the sonnets of Shakespeare to the architecture of the Japanese teahouse. The author's discovery, vividly illustrated here, is that certain proportions occur over and over again in all these forms. Patterns are also repeated in how things grow and are made - by the dynamic union of opposites - as demonstrated by the spirals that move in opposite directions in the growth of a plant. The award winning architect Gy rgy Doczi translates the language of patterns and shows how we, as humans, are included in the universal harmony of form, and suggests that the union of complementary opposites may be a way to extend that harmony to the psychological and social realms as well.

By: Gyorgy Doczi
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 269mm, Width: 244mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 488g
ISBN: 9781590302590
ISBN 10: 1590302591
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 15 November 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gy rgy Doczi practiced architecture in Hungary, Sweden, Iran, and the United States. He initiated a permanent exhibit on form in nature and art at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, and was a founder of the Friends of Jungian Psychology Northwest. He died in 1995.

Reviews for The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture

"""Those who read this book are in for a treat, for they may discover a new way of seeing the world, literally. Doczi is to be commended for his scholarship—and vision.""— Library Journal ""The clearest, best-illustrated book on the subject.""— Ballast Quarterly Review ""A stimulating, eye-opening book for all artists and designers, students of science and psychology, this visually stunning volume unveils the astonishing similarities between the designs of nature and human creativity in art and society.""— Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association ""Doczi's book is an excellent introduction to the study of proportions and is also a beautiful, poetic expression of the harmony of the universe.""— New Age"