Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages PDF Book

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Surviving fragments of information about Pythagoras (born ca. 570 BCE) gave rise to a growing set of legends about this famous sage and his followers, whose reputations throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages have never before been studied systematically. This book is the first to examine the unified concepts of harmony, proportion, form, and order that were attributed to Pythagoras in the millennium after his death and the important developments to which they led in art, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, music, medicine, morals, religion, law, alchemy, and the occult sciences.

In this profusely illustrated book, Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier sets out the panorama of Pythagoras's influence and that of Christian and Jewish thinkers who followed his ideas in the Greek, Roman, early Christian, and medieval worlds. In illuminating this tradition of thought, Joost-Gaugier shows how the influence of Pythagoreanism was far broader than is usually realized, and that it affected the development of ancient and medieval art and architecture from Greek and Roman temples to Gothic cathedrals.

Joost-Gaugier demonstrates that Pythagoreanism―centered on the dim memory of a single person that endured for centuries and grew ever-greater―inspired a new language for artists and architects, enabling them to be "modern."

Book ID Asin: 0801474094
Book Title: Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Book Author: Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
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Book Format Name: Hardcover
Book Format Price: $29.19
Book Format Name: Paperback
Book Format Price: $14.32
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Book Category: Books, Arts & Photography, Architecture and unknown
Book Rating: 4 ratings

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cornell University Press (August 7, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0801474094
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801474095
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.77 x 9.25 inches

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Joost-Gaugier's summaries of historical sources about Pythagoras are useful in outlining and appreciating the multidisciplinary history of Pythagorean influence over the last two and a half millennia.

― Virginia Quarterly Review

This is intellectual history of a very high order that will also be useful for general readers.... highly recommended.

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Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier's book is a much-needed corrective for our inadequate understanding of this great, much-forgotten, much-misprized thinker. Her lucid, deeply learned linkage of Pythagoreanism to ancient and medieval art is particularly welcome.

-- George L. Hersey, Emeritus Professor of Art History, Yale University

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Date: Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
Review: Wonderful analysis of the “great golden chain” of the western tradition. A delight to read and praise for the research and references!

Name: Reade Elliott
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Title: .0 out of 5 stars Excellent book.
Date: Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2013
Review: Delves into a wonderful history of Pythagoras in a scholarly manner. There is much more influence of this man on our culture than an isosolese triangle.

Name: Katie Mclane
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Date: Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2014
Review: I haven't finished it yet, but it is a fascinating account.

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