Main entry:

Doczi, György, 1909- author.

Title & Author:

The power of limits : proportional harmonies in nature, art, and architecture / György Doczi.

Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Shambhala Publications ; [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by Random House, 1981.

Description:

150 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Dinergy in plants. Windows on the infinite ; Harmonies of music and growth -- 2. Dinergy in the crafts. Warp and woof ; Hands and wheels -- 3. Dinergy in the arts of living. Tangible and intangible patterns ; Our dinergic endowment -- 4. Timeless patterns of sharing. Basic arts of sharing ; Cosmic order and calendric structures ; Rhythm and harmonious sharing -- 5. The anatomy of sharing. Shells, clams, crabs and fishes ; Dinosaur, frog and horse ; Sharing: the nature of nature -- 6. Order and freedom in nature. Organic and inorganic patterns ; From beetles to butterflies ; Human harmonies -- 7. Hellas and haiku. Man the measure ; Measuring the immeasurable ; The greatness of little things -- 8. Wisdom and knowledge. Eastern and Western arts of living ; Whole, hell and holy.
Also issued online.

Summary:

One of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature--the 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?

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0877731942 (hardcover)
9780877731948 (hardcover)
0394735803 (Random House ; pbk.)
9780394735801 (Random House ; pbk.)
0877731934 (paperback)
9780877731931 (paperback)
(Random House)
0394513515
0394513525
9780394513522

Subject:

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Aesthetics.
Proportion.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Création littéraire.
Esthétique.
Nature (Esthétique)
Architektur
Kunst
Natur
Esthetica.
Proporties.
Proportions Aesthetic aspects.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 136468
Call No.: 8977; ID:86-B8889
Status: Available