From Mythos to Logos

Research reveals that Freemasonry's influence on architecture and art, particularly in 16th-century Vicenza, Italy, was more profound and earlier than previously understood. The study demonstrates that Freemason precepts—promoting peace, freedom, and kindness—were encoded through myth and philosophy in buildings, frescoes, and texts by Andrea Palladio, starting as early as 1546. This decoding of symbolic architecture suggests a deliberate dissemination of universal values, rooted in an inclusive understanding of the divine, challenging conventional narratives about the period's cultural and intellectual movements.

Coughlin, M. T. (2019). From Mythos to Logos https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004398962