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              Themes
              CJA-TCH-a-7 · File · 1978-1984
              Part of Charles Jencks Archive

              Contents of a folder labelled 'Themes'.

              Includes:
              -colour polaroid of the Cosmic Oval
              -correspondence between Charles and Barbara Hoyle regarding Sir Fred Hoyle's contributions to the house
              -program for the Entrance Ellipse
              -correspondence between Charles and D McNally at the University of London Observatory, regarding an introduction to Fred Hoyle and new research in astronomy
              -manuscript and photocopied lettering designs
              -cuttings from Country Life 14 July 1983 regarding Villa Kerylos, French Riviera
              -typescript with manuscript alterations title 'The Thematic House'
              -astrological designs on tracing paper
              -photocopied typeface designs and details of a course on letter design for architects
              -colour, b&w photographs and floor plans of the [National Gallery of Art, Washington]
              -I.M. Pei & Partners program and statistics and press release for the National Gallery of Art [Washington] Expansion
              -manuscript notes on the National Gallery of Art, the Willow Tea Rooms, temples, Edzell castle
              -design for the sink in the Cosmic Loo
              -notes on the word 'cosmos' and for a frieze
              -contact sheet and negatives of built-in furniture within the house
              -manuscript notes listing rooms in the house and columns labelled 'drawings, sketches notes etc: what we have', 'Photographs: what we have' and 'What we need' dated 14 Dec 1984. There are coloured dots to indicate Maggie and Charles' preferences.
              -cutting from the Guardian 'The House that Jencks built' 1984 and photocopies
              -typescript notes titles 'Cultural History July 25th 1984 MK CK WS' relating to the frieze
              -news cuttings on astronomy
              -typescript notes titled 'Cultural Time' with manuscript annotations listing historical figures
              -typescript notes titled 'Seventeen Themes of the Thematic House The Matic How See' divided into general, historical & architectural and personal
              -printed typescript document titled 'Program for the Entrance Ellipse - The Cosmic Egg and Cultural History by Charles Jencks' with manuscript annotations and sketches on reverse.
              -manuscript and typescript draft lists of themes
              -typescript document titled 'William Stok December 2 1984: Thoughts on the Mural' with a manuscript sketch at the bottom of the page
              -typescript documentitled 'Allegory MK: Architecture defeated; architecture triumphant'.
              -manuscript quotations
              -photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the personification of architecture
              -pencil sketches on tracing paper of doors, with photocopies
              -incomplete typescript document titled 'The Thematic House: Charles Jencks'
              -photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the symbolism of the seasons
              -typescript and manuscript notes titled 'Future Pavilion' with aphorisms about the future
              -photocopy typescript article titled 'The Thematic House (A brief Summary); Charles Jencks'.
              -typescript letter from Mark Girouard sending captions [not included] and returning the slides and transparencies
              -typescript notes on Autumn, Aphrodite, Artemis and Spring
              -horoscopes from Vogue June 1972
              -typescript notes titled 'Thoughts on Reading E.H. Gombrich 'The Museum: Past, Present and Future' in Ideals and Idols, Phaidon, Oxford 1979'
              -pencil and ink sketch frieze designs
              -colour polaroid photograph of the Bathpool
              -receipt from Harriet Wynter Ltd for an Orrery and colour reproduction labelled 'This is the ceiling of the famous planetarium built by Eise Eisinga'
              -letter from D McNally at the University of London regarding the entrance ellipse and returning Charles' program (attached) and regarding introductions to Sir Fred Hoyle
              -pencil lettering designs
              -typescript notes titled 'Museum of Cultural History'
              -private view card for 'Ornament and Decoration: Architectural Drawings by Arthur Brown Jr and Bakewell & Brown' at Phillippe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, with manuscript annotations
              -colour polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval