Civilizations of the Ancient Near East by Jack M Sasson

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East by Jack M Sasson

Can we imagine a world without flowers? Their beauty offers us delight in their color, fragrance, and form, and their substance offers medicinal benefits. Flowers also speak to us in the language of the plant's form, provide cultural symbols in different cultures, and, at the highest levels, offer inspiration.

In this beautiful and original book, renowned thinker and geometrist Keith Critchlow focuses on an aspect of flowers that has received the least attention. The flower becomes a teacher of symmetry and geometry (the eternal verities, as Plato called them). In this sense, Critchlow tells us, we can treat flowers as sources of remembering--ways of recalling our own wholeness, as well as awakening our inner power of recognition and consciousness. What is evident in the geometry of a flower's face can remind us of the geometry that underlies all existence.

Working from his own flower photographs and with every geometric pattern hand-drawn, the author reviews the role of flowers from the perspective of our interrelationship with the natural world. His illuminating study attempts to re-engage the human spirit in its intimate relation with all nature.

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ISBN 13	9780684192796
ISBN 10	0684192799
Title	Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Author	Jack M Sasson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Charles Scribner's Sons
Year published	1994-02-01
Number of pages	648
Prizes	Winner of Dartmouth Medal (Reference Works) 1996
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.