Frederik Macody Lund (1863–1943)
Julius Frederik Macody Lund (born 18 November 1863 in
Stavanger, died 16 December 1943 in
Farsund
is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, b ...
) was a controversial Norwegian
autodidact revisionist historian, most known and remembered for his engagement in the restoration of
Nidaros Cathedral.
When architect
Christian Christie
Eilert Christian Brodtkorb Christie (24 December 1832 – 13 September 1906) was a Norwegian architect.
Personal life
He was born in Bergen as a son of customs officer Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1785–1872) and Hansine Langsted (1802–1864) ...
presented his ideas for a restoration of the west section and the west front, an alternative idea was published by Macody Lund, introducing the
screenfront and the rose window. Both of these ideas were included in
Olaf Nordhagen
Johan Olaf Brochmann Nordhagen (16 March 1883 – 6 November 1925) was a Norwegian educator, architect, engineer and artist. He is most commonly associated with his restoration designs for Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway.
Biography
Olaf ...
's 1907 plan for the restoration of the cathedral.
In 1915 Macody Lund published his theory that
Nidaros Cathedral was constructed on the basis of the ideas of the
golden ratio
In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. Expressed algebraically, for quantities a and b with a > b > 0,
where the Greek letter phi ( ...
. He gained support for this idea in the
Parliament of Norway, and received financial aid from the parliament to develop an alternative proposal for the restoration of the west section and the west front, in competition with Nordhagen's work. These "system controversies" led to great delays in the work at the cathedral, as no work could be done before this dispute was settled. Macody Lund published his views in ''Ad Quadratum'' (1919). The dispute was settled in 1922, when an international experts commission rejected Macody Lund's theories. In 1923, Stortinget decided to continue the cathedral's restoration based on Nordhagen's plan. The commission's verdict was, however, without a full argumentation. Macody Lund thus saw an opportunity to continue his argument, which he published in ''Ad Quadratum II: Dom med præmisser over den internasjonale domskommissions dom uten præmisser'' (1928) ("A verdict with premises on the international experts commission's verdict without premises").
He was given a ''Lifetime government grant'' in 1929.
See also
*
On the Divine Proportion
*
Jay Hambidge
*
Samuel Colman
Samuel Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River.
Life and career
Born in Portland, Maine, Colman moved to New York City ...
References
* Seland, J.: ''Macody Lund. Et hjerte i en kruttønne.'', 1971 (''in Norwegian'').
External links
''Ad Quadratum'' at Archive.org
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20th-century Norwegian historians
1863 births
1943 deaths
Writers from Stavanger
