Kabbalah in Art and Architecture - Hardcover

A serious but lively look at Jewish mysticism, supported by an archive of reference material Gorlin has been compiling for over twenty years...a visual feast, packed with large, full-bleed images that have an undeniable impact.--Martin C. Pedersen "Metropolis Magazine, December 4, 2013 "

Locked within Kabbalah s 3,500-year-old texts are secrets that go beyond a direct experience of the divine, Gorlin argues in his new book. Whether its influences are intentionally there or not, the author offers as evidence of the mystical tradition centuries of manuscripts, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and structures created by Jews and gentiles alike, including Frank Gehry, Yayoi Kusama, and Louis Kahn, who designed the Temple Beth El synagogue in Chappaqua, New York, in 1972. It s the experience of art beyond the conscious reception of it that Gorlin s after. Those who prefer their art criticism with a healthy dose of rationalism can take comfort in the Kabbalistic notion that, as he puts it, geometry orders the universe.--Meredith Mendelsohn "Blouin ArtInfo, September 9, 2013 ""

Explores the influence of the Kabbalah on modern design, bringing light to the translation of the mystical philosophy into a physical form and outlining key concepts of the Kabbalah and its representations.