Freemasonry & the Enlightenment : architecture, symbols, & influences / James Stevens Curl
2011, First Edition. London : Historical Publications. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395184
ISBN: 9781905286454
Physical description; xxviii, 356 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-346) and index. Contents; List of subscribers -- List of illustrations -- Preface / by Professor Andrew Prescott -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter I. What is Freemasonry, 1? -- Chapter II. What is Freemasonry, 2? : The emergence of 'non-operative' or 'speculative' Freemasonry -- Chapter III. Hermeticism, memory, legends, and syncretism -- Chapter IV. Early artifacts, Jacobites, and Hanoverians -- Chapter V. The great prototype -- Chapter VI. Lodges, designs, architecture, and symbols -- Chapter VII. Freemasonry, neo-classicism, Egyptian rites, and problems with the Enlightenment -- Chapter VIII. Elysian Fields and garden transformations -- Chapter IX. Landscapes, allusions, and meanings -- Chapter X. Mozart and Freemasonry -- Chapter XI. Conclusion -- Select glossary of terms -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Freemasons History 18th century. Freemasonry and the arts. Architecture Europe.
Symbolism in architecture Europe. Freemasonry Symbolism.
Price: €295.00