Goethe wrote his Italian Journey during his travels south to Italy in the late eighteenth century. David Lowe and Simon Sharp spent 10 months re-creating his journey day-by-day; this unusual and fascinating study into how the twin pillars of Art and Nature influenced Goethe, is the result.
Goethe's writings oscillate between his experiences of Palladio's classical architecture, and experiencing nature. For the first time, David Lowe and Simon Sharp pull these two strands together and show how they are related: how the living geometries and harmonious proportions of buildings can reflect similar principles in nature. Specifically, they argue that Goethe's experiences in Italy helped form his understanding of metamorphosis, leading to his discovery of the 'archetypal plant'.
- ISBN10 1584200367
- ISBN13 9781584200369
- Publish Date 26 January 2006 (first published 1 November 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 December 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lindisfarne Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English