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reinterpreted the meaning of the glass-crystal symbolism as a metaphor of transformation to signify a glass and crystal, an iconographic theme that stretches from King Solomon, Jewish and Arabic legends, medieval stories of the Holy Grail, through the mystical Rosicrucian changed society. This article, though it begins and ends with a discussion of Expressionist design, deals primarily with the sources and changes of this iconographic tradition.
Figure 18: plan and section of The glass Pavillion
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