HORIZONS OF CIVILIZATION / treasures from the athenaeum

+ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP+

>in the arts has always been important to me<

>and each summer after 1985 my dear wives<

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+>>> / BLOOMSBURY)+

>and i would go to london enroute to france<

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+> / BRITISH MUSEUM)+

>always staying near the >british museum in<

>bloomsbury where the >arts have flowered<

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+ART MUSEUMS+

>in london are  >impressive historical centers<

>of the >works of many famed english artists<

>that >you have grown to love / >the portrait<

+(THE >TATE MUSEUM+

+IS VERY IMPRESSIVE)+

>holdings >via photography< alone are very<

>strong holdings< w/ >many famed persona<

+(ENGLISH THEATRE IS+

+A  >STRONG FACTOR)+

>represented /  >the paintings of turner have<

>lomg impressed w/ its shear pictoral genius<

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+THE  >ARCHITECTURAL+

+ASSN. SCHOOL A VITAL+

>(reyner banham a star<

>of >scholarship there)<

+PART OF THIS HISTORY+

+BARTLETT SCHOOL too+

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 >these excellent "horizon" periodicals from the<
>sixties, >purchased at the athenaeum in lajolla<
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+ / LAJOLLA ATHENAEUM)+
>are filled w/ a huge cross section of the best of<
>art & culture scholarship / much from england<
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 >although bucky was twice asked to leave<
+(BUCKMINSTER FULLER+
+in ENGLISH TRADITION)+
>harvard, he is strong w/ english education<
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>cosmic consciousness< has always been<

+(COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+

+/ RADIANT ORIENTATION)+

>vital in the  >work of buckminster fuller<

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 >although >much of the scholarship in the<
>"horizon" publications is of a past nature<
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+ / BUCKMINSTER FULLER)+
>it is >rewarding to find contemporary refs<
>like an article on friend buckminster fuller<
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 >horizon's article on ancient universities in<
>bologna, cracow and oxford is an excellent<
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+UNIVERSITY EDUCATION)+
>reflection of the best of english scholarship<
>melding >art, science, with >cosmic vision<
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 >this tv image, live from notre dame cathedral<
>in paris, was on as i made horizon photos and<
>is a sad reminder that an >evil person placed a<
+(EVIL>PERSONA PLACED+
+>FALSE FACEBOOK REF)+
>anti paris Facebook posting linking marianne<
>to such propaganda / we are horrified by this< !
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 >these two details< are from >gauguin's famed<
>masterpiece "who are we, where are we from<
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+ / GAUGUIN'S TROPICS)+
>where are we going" to which i added "what<
>did we do and learn / >(basis for these blogs)<
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 >the >djed pillar< >radiant energy device as<
>seen above w/ the  >ancient egyptian tonka<
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+ / DJED ENERGY DEVICE)+
>powerful advanced technology documents<
>the interface of extraterrestrial earth vision<
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 >i was very impressed with this "horizon"<
>article on my  >favorite ancient egyptian<
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+IMHOTEP, ARCHITECT)+
>architect, imhotep / >these gigantic piers<
>are a very >intelligent structural solution<
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 >the gothic design in this >english country<
>house expresses >advanced english links<
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+GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE)+
>w/ >french gothic designs of bernard de<
>claivaux cathedrals chartres, notre dame<
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 >english scholarship was strong in large<
>country house libraries and marian and<
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+>> / COUNTRY HOUSES)+
>i were very >impressed visiting several<
>country houses with historical libraries<
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+ADVANCED CIVILIZATION+
>was given >strength in the printed word<
>& all the cistercian monasteries of good<
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+ / PRINTING PRESSES
>bernard de clairvaux >led the movement<
>the one at >rougemont by the de gruyere<
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+"WAR IS OBSOLETE"+
>as the dalhi lama recently said after one<
>of his radiant talks reaches us via aegis<
+(BLOG AS A RADIANT+
+WORK OF  >ART IN A+
+CURRENT<  STATUS)+
>of the printed word / >this blog has the<
>ability to >reach you around the planet<
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+THE 13 IMAGES PROVIDING+
+(leonardo da vinci would<
>have been filled with joy)< !
+A VERY STRONG SYNERGY+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu