William Richard Lethaby – Architecture, Mysticism and Myth

Abstract

This article deals with the art of a prominent English architect and architectural theorist - William Richard Lethaby. His theoretical outlook on architecture has been considered herein. His fundamental outlook – the book ‘Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth’ - has been analyzed. His innovative outlook, as well as the concept development regarding study of art in the 20th century described in this book, has been highlighted. The Lethaby’s relations with English movements ‘Art and Craft’ and ‘Aesthetic Movement’ have been indicated. Different outlooks on architecture supported by Lethaby and other leading theorists-rationalists in the mid-19th have been also distinguished.