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The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture (Shambhala Pocket Classics) |  | Author: Gyorgy Doczi
Publisher: Shambhala
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 44588
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1590302591
Dewey Decimal Number: 117
EAN: 9781590302590
ASIN: 1590302591
Publication Date: October 11, 2005
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Product Description
One of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature—designs revealed by slicing through a head of cabbage or an orange, the forms of shells and butterfly wings. These images are awesome not just for their beauty alone, but because they suggest an order underlying their growth, a harmony existing in nature. What does it mean that such an order exists; how far does it extend?
The Power of Limits was inspired by those simple discoveries of harmony. The author went on to investigate and measure hundreds of patterns—ancient and modern, minute and vast. His 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 joining of unity and diversity in the discipline of proportional limitations creates forms that are beautiful to us because they embody the principles of the cosmic order of which we are a part; conversely, the limitlessness of that order is revealed by the strictness of its forms. The author 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.
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 Great book April 25, 2010
Bruce Lyons
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This book came in a timely fashion and in perfect shape. I am happy with this purchase!
Fascinating book November 23, 2008
Loyd Massey
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought 2, one to replace a book I had given away, and one to give as a gift. I like this book.
The Power of Limits November 1, 2008
Cecilia M. Schiller (St. Paul, MN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book. I am a visual artist and this book is really helpful for developing the imagery that I like to use.
This is the best source I've found October 24, 2008
John Lea (Arizona)
Looking for a comprehensive source to learn more about the Golden Rectangle, a friend loaned me a copy of this book. Of the sources that I examined, The Power of Limits offers the best treatment and explanations of the many examples of Phi in architecture over more than 5,000 years, the application of the proportions in virtually any construct, and the astonishing variety of occurrences in nature. I ordered my own copy. I highly recommend it to the serious researcher and to the casually curious alike.
Classic work April 20, 2008
C. Steel
This is a stunning book -- absolutely essential for artists who need to understand why proportion is so important.
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