'I first saw the Goetheanum as a fifteen-year-old through
binoculars. I was fascinated and wanted to know more about this
incredible building. What am I seeing? Why these forms? What
happens in this building?' - Hans Hasler The Goetheanum in Dornach,
Switzerland, was conceived as a visible expression of Rudolf
Steiner's spiritual philosophy - a living experience of
anthroposophy in the form of art. Whilst Steiner conveyed his ideas
and concepts in many books and lectures, the Goetheanum - with its
pioneering concrete forms built in the 1920s - is a manifestation
of spirituality in architecture, painting and sculpture. This
essential handbook, packed with colour photos and illustrations,
gives a broad background to Rudolf Steiner's architectural
masterpiece and the work that goes on within it. Hasler explains
how the present Goetheanum was built, and describes its recently
remodelled great hall and stage, with its painted ceiling and
sculpted walls. He details the building's context and landscape
design, the other significant structures in its vicinity, and gives
a description of the first, wooden, Goetheanum and its destruction
by fire. Today the Goetheanum's remarkable external contours house
theatres and studios, laboratories, offices and libraries. Apart
from its major stages for drama and eurythmy, it serves as the
headquarters of the Anthroposophical Society and the School of
Spiritual Science, with the latter's sections for medicine,
agriculture, education, the arts, science, and so on. The
Goetheanum is also home to numerous conferences, meetings and
events. This book provides a marvellous visual and textual guide to
one of the most original buildings of our time.
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