Architectonics of humanism : essays on number in architecture /
March, Lionel, 1934-
Architectonics of humanism : essays on number in architecture / Lionel March. - xii, 284 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Companion vol. to: Architectural principles in the age of humanism / Rudolf Wittkower.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Ground -- Classical Arithmetic -- Euclidean Arithmetic -- Cosmogonic Arithmetic -- Gendered Number -- Ethical Number -- Shapeful Number -- Theological Number -- Occult Number -- Playful Number -- Right Triangular Number -- Rational Proportion -- Inexpressible Proportion -- Empowered Proportion -- Proportionality -- Composite Proportion -- Euclidean Regular Figures -- Scales of Proportion -- Prisoners of Number -- Foundation -- Judaic Heritage -- Greek Experience -- Roman Wonders -- Christian Works -- Edifice -- Centralized Design -- Leon Battista Alberti -- Sebastiano Serlio -- Andrea Palladio -- Epilogue -- Canons of Proportion -- Ratios Used in Plans by Palladio: Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Index. A. I. II. III. IIII. V. VI. VII. VIII. VIIII. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIIII. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. B. XVIIII. XX. XXI. XXII. C. XXIII. XXIIII. XXV. XXVI. App. 1. App. 2.
0471977543 9780471977544
99184699
Architecture--Composition, proportion, etc.
NA2760. / M35 1998
720.1
Architectonics of humanism : essays on number in architecture / Lionel March. - xii, 284 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Companion vol. to: Architectural principles in the age of humanism / Rudolf Wittkower.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Ground -- Classical Arithmetic -- Euclidean Arithmetic -- Cosmogonic Arithmetic -- Gendered Number -- Ethical Number -- Shapeful Number -- Theological Number -- Occult Number -- Playful Number -- Right Triangular Number -- Rational Proportion -- Inexpressible Proportion -- Empowered Proportion -- Proportionality -- Composite Proportion -- Euclidean Regular Figures -- Scales of Proportion -- Prisoners of Number -- Foundation -- Judaic Heritage -- Greek Experience -- Roman Wonders -- Christian Works -- Edifice -- Centralized Design -- Leon Battista Alberti -- Sebastiano Serlio -- Andrea Palladio -- Epilogue -- Canons of Proportion -- Ratios Used in Plans by Palladio: Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Index. A. I. II. III. IIII. V. VI. VII. VIII. VIIII. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIIII. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. B. XVIIII. XX. XXI. XXII. C. XXIII. XXIIII. XXV. XXVI. App. 1. App. 2.
0471977543 9780471977544
99184699
Architecture--Composition, proportion, etc.
NA2760. / M35 1998
720.1