{"product_id":"architecture-as-peacework-rudolf-steiner-9781621480990","title":"Architecture as Peacework: The First Goetheanum, Dornach, 1914 (Cw 287) Volume 287","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 lectures, Dornach, Switzerland, October 10-25, 1914 (CW 287)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the outbreak of World War I, August 1914, the construction of the singular architectural masterwork that would later be called the Goetheanum was well underway on a hill just above the village of Dornach in neutral Switzerland. A small international community had gathered the previous year to take part in this unique artistic building project under Rudolf Steiner's direction. Once the war had begun, the mood and day-to-day life of Europe was instantly changed, and no less so amid this ad hoc spiritual and artistic community. Artillery could be heard in the distance, and many were recalled to their native countries for armed service. Soon, tensions among individuals of various nationalities who remained in Dornach arose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the immediate background to these evening lectures in the woodworking building next to the construction site, just two months after the start of the war. Never announcing his intentions, and using the metamorphosing forms of the hand-sculpted wooden architraves resting on the columns inside the building itself as illustration, Steiner embarked on a convincing and heartfelt appreciation of the uniquely beautiful qualities of the various European cultures at war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese lectures were given at a specific time and place to a particular audience. The intention was clear--to cultivate not merely tolerance of others, but even love and sincere appreciation. Such intentions are also needed today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Russian writer Andrei Bely was present at these talks, and later commented on them: \"In light of his words we looked at each other with new eyes, the oppressive mood was transformed; other infections broke out later but the national fever was overcome once and for all. The members of the belligerent nations lived in peace from then on.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a translation based on the second German edition of GA 287, \u003ci\u003eDer Dornacher Bau als Wahrzeichen geschichtlichen Werdens und ku]nstlerischer Umwandlungsimpulse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolf Steiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621480992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621480990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steiner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Rudolf Steiner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449806336255,"sku":"9781621480990","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a235e846-315e-46eb-aa85-3b914f028843.jpg?v=1777264988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architecture-as-peacework-rudolf-steiner-9781621480990","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}