Richard Padovan

Proportion

Science, Philosophy, Architecture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides the student, practising architect or interested layman with a well-illustrated and readable comparative guide to proportion systems in architecture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 193mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9781138133174
• ISBN-10: 1138133175
• Artikelnr.: 44147770

Autorenporträt

Padovan, Richard

Inhaltsangabe

The Harmony of the World Made Manifest in Form and Number. Abstraction and
Empathy. Unit and Multiplier. The House as Model for the Universe. The
Proportions of the Parthenon. Plato: Order Out of Chaos. Aristotle: Change,
Continuity and the Unit. Euclid: The Golden Section and the Five Regular
solids. Vitruvius. Gothis Proportions. Renaissance Artchitecture.
Renaissance Cosmology. The World as a Machine. Turning from the Outer to
the Inner World. The Golden Section and the Golden Module. Knowing by Not
Knowing. Where Do We Go From Here?