Kabbalah in Art and Architecture

TheKabbalisticideaofcreation,asexpressedthroughlight,spaceandgeometry,hasleftitsunmistakablemarkonourcivilization.Drawinguponawidearrayofhistoricalmaterialsandimagesofcontemporaryart,sculptureandarchitecture,architectAlexanderGorlinexplorestheinfluence,whetheractuallyacknowledgedornot,oftheKabbalahonmoderndesign.ComprisingtenchaptersthateachoutlinekeyconceptsoftheKabbalahanditsrepresentations,bothinhistoricdiagramsandthemodernbuiltenvironment,KabbalahinArtandArchitectureputsforthanunparalleledandcompellingreinterpretationofartandarchitecturethroughthelensoftheKabbalahandJewishmysticism.AchapterontheGolem,andanepiloguethatdiscussesGermanartistAnselmKieferspowerfulinterpretationsoftheKabbalah,completethisuniquebook.