The Sacred Geometry of Washington, D.C.: The Integrity and Power of the Original Design,9780954723071

The Sacred Geometry of Washington, D.C.: The Integrity and Power of the Original Design

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ISBN13: 9780954723071
ISBN10: 0954723074
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-09-15
Publisher(s): Scb Distributors
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Summary

The Sacred Geometry of Washington, D.C. shows how a system of number and geometric proportion, employed in the temples and cities of many of the great civilizations of the past, is present in the original design of the United States capital. In 1791, as the immense new Federal City took shape upon the landscape, it had to define and balance the powers of the People, the States, the Judiciary, the Legislature and the President. The architect had to give symbolic form to a new democratic republic. But, over the centuries, imbalances crept into this plan. Nicholas Mann describes this story in fascinating detail and asks: if the symbolism of the capital city is intended to be a true expression of America's heart, its innermost values, what can be done to restore the balance and integrity of its original, visionary principles?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi
Introduction vii
Novus Ordo Seclorum: America and the New Order of the Ages viii
1. The L'Enfant Plan and Traditional Geometry
1(24)
2. The Creation of the Federal City
25(13)
3. The Power of Place in the Place of Power
38(13)
4. Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant
51(14)
5. The Geometric Order of the Federal City
65(22)
6. The Golden Section
87(21)
7. The Triangle and Other Avenues
108(25)
8. Washington after L'Enfant
133(15)
9. The Washington Monument
148(7)
10. '... That harmony and combination of the different parts with the whole' 155(14)
11. Avenues to the Stars 169(24)
12. References 193(4)
Index 197

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