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Isaac Newton and the Temple of Solomon - An Analysis of the Description and Drawings and a Reconstructed Model

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Isaac Newton published little but wrote hundreds of manuscripts, the bulk of them on alchemy, prophecy and theology. His writings on the Temple of Solomon have widely been thought to have been written in old age or possibly after a nervous breakdown in 1693. In fact, his study of the Temple spanned more than fifty years.
This book examines Newton's work in the context of his times, when the Temple was a popular subject for academics, and models were displayed to the general public. The author provides insight into Newton's writings in Latin on Solomon's Temple, along with a model reconstructed from his interpretation of its structure, symmetry and proportional elegance.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1.¿Newton's Manuscripts

2.¿A Brief History of Models Up to the 18th Century

3.¿Paper Reconstructions of the Temple of Solomon from the 17th and 18th Centuries

4.¿Architectural Models of the Temple of Solomon Exhibited in London in the 17th and 18th Centuries

5.¿The Model Guidebooks

6.¿The Architectural Model of Newton's Temple of Solomon

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index


About the author

Tessa Morrison is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture and Built Environment at University of Newcastle, Australia, with a research interest in unbuilt utopian cities.

Product details

Authors Tessa Morrison, Morrison Tessa
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 18
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.05.2016
 
EAN 9781476665542
ISBN 978-1-4766-6554-2
No. of pages 200
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
Weight 277 g
Illustrations Raster,schwarz-weiss
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art

RELIGION / General, SCIENCE / History, ART / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, alchemy, History of Religion, History of Science, History of Architecture, Religion and beliefs, The arts: general topics

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