Architecture produces a musical mood in our inner being, and we notice that even though the elements of architecture and music appear to be so alien in the outer world, through this musical mood engendered in us, our experience of architecture brings about a reconciliation, a balance between these two elements.
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About Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner was a 19th-century Austrian esotericist. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian New Age guru, philosopher, occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony
- Experience — Learning through living, doing, and facing the world