Measuring heaven : Pythagoras and his influence on thought and art in antiquity and the Middle Ages / Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier.
"In this illustrated book, Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier sets out the panorama of Pythagoras's influence and that of Christian and Jewish thinkers who followed his ideas in the Greek, Roman, early Christian, and medieval worlds. In illuminating this tradition of thought, Joost-Gaugier shows...
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Pythagoras in the Greek world
- 2. Pythagoras in the Roman world
- 3. Pythagoras in the late pagan and early Christian worlds
- 4. Pythagoras in medieval memory
- 5. Pythagoreanism in Greek and Roman antiquity
- 6. Neopythagoreanism in the late pagan and early Christian worlds
- 7. The Middle Ages : a new Pythagoreanism
- 8. Pythagoreanism in ancient art and architecture
- 9. The oldest surviving Pythagorean building and its significance
- 10. The Pythagoreanism of Hadrian's pantheon
- 11. Pythagoreanism in medieval art
- 12. Sacred siting : the Pythagorean heritage of medieval ecclesiastical architecture
- 13. Conclusions.