Architecture, Mysticism and Myths in the Works of Outstanding Architect William Richard Lethaby

摘要

An architect, historian and architectural theorist - William Richard Lethaby - was an outstanding representative of the English Movement 'Art and Craft' and he was a remarkable personality in the fields of architectural practice, education and science in England at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. This article presents an analysis of the book 'Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth' of architect William Richard Lethaby. The book deals with a number of interesting historical fragments, the author's erudition goes without any doubts, but it makes a dual impression for a today's reader and cannot be considered to be a scientific source. However, it arouses a doubtless interest as a fact in the history of architecture and architectural science. The book reveals a new stage in the development of architectural science related to the research of not only material but also artistic, imaginative and symbolic aspects.