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The Theory of Proportion in Architecture

Author : P. H. Scholfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521243155
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis The Theory of Proportion in Architecture by : P. H. Scholfield

Download or read book The Theory of Proportion in Architecture written by P. H. Scholfield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A building cannot be good to look at if it is unplanned, with its parts totally unrelated to one another; but on the other hand if the arrangement is too regular it becomes boring and dull. The object of architectural proportion is to strike the balance between these extremes, creating an interesting visible order by the repetition of similar shapes. In this book, first published in 1958, Mr Scholfield deals with the history of the theory of proportion, and in doing so develops his own positive theory, which reconciles the apparent contradictions of rival systems and serves as a key to historical understanding. Even when he is dealing with complex themes, Mr Scholfield's exposition can be followed by the uninitiated reader. Those already interested in architecture and the visual arts will certainly want the book; and those who are not will find, on reading it, that their interest is stimulated.

Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion'

Author : Giovanni Paolo Gallucci
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783748891
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer's 'Four Books on Human Proportion' written by Giovanni Paolo Gallucci and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1591, Giovanni Paolo Gallucci published his Della simmetria dei corpi humani, an Italian translation of Albrecht Dürer's Four Books on Human Proportion. While Dürer's treatise had been translated earlier in the sixteenth-century into French and Latin, it was Gallucci's Italian translation that endured in popularity as the most cited version of the text in later Baroque treatises, covering topics that were seen as central to arts education, connoisseurship, patronage, and the wider appreciation of the studia humanitatis in general. The text centres on the relationships between beauty and proportion, macrocosm and microcosm: relationships that were not only essential to the visual arts in the early modern era, but that cut across a range of disciplines - music, physiognomics and humoral readings, astronomy, astrology and cosmology, theology and philosophy, even mnemonics and poetry. In his version of the text, Gallucci expanded the educational potential of the treatise by adding a Preface, a Life of Dürer, and a Fifth Book providing a philosophical framework within which to interpret Dürer's previous sections. This translation is the first to make these original contributions by Gallucci accessible to an English-speaking audience. Gallucci's contributions illuminate the significance of symmetry and proportion in the contemporary education of the early modern era, informing our understanding of the intellectual history of this period, and the development of art theory and criticism. This is a valuable resource to early modern scholars and students alike, especially those specialising in history of art, philosophy, history of science, and poetry."--Publisher's website.

Beauty, Memory, Unity

Author : Steve Bass
Publisher : Lindisfarne Books
ISBN 13 : 9781584209676
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Beauty, Memory, Unity written by Steve Bass and published by Lindisfarne Books. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient architects and artists had a way of striking resonant chords in the viewers of their work. This book points to a possible way of returning a sense of unity to the visual arts through a combination of theoretical ideas and practical methods, of narrative description and visual exercises.Proportion, the use of number and geometry as design tools, is seen in the context of the search for the beautiful. From the theoretic, symbolic mathematics of the Pythagoreans, Platonists, and Neo-Platonists, the book proposes an aesthetic theory, a way of approaching beauty, rooted in the idea of psyche and expressed through the ancient sciences of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. Topics treated include: an explanation of the concept of symbolic or qualitative number; an introduction to Pythagorean and Platonic numerical philosophy; the nature of beauty and its relation to number; the derivation of the ancient musical octave; the Golden Section, its mathematics, geometry, and relation to philosophy, particularly its role as a geometrical logos; and the connection of these ideas to the numerical-geometrical canons of classical architecture. These concepts are illustrated step by step as applied to the elements and archetypal compositions of classical architecture, such as the order and portico, using arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic ratio methods.The proportional idea is illustrated with reconstructions of exemplary buildings based on the methods described, following through the historical periods of Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle ages, the Italian Renaissance, and the Enlightenment. Though the book is focused on architecture, the methods presented may be used by artists and designers in any visual field. The book suggests several pathways on which contemporary designers might move toward creating a sane and beautiful world through a merger of art and science.

Infinite Measure

Author : Rachel Fletcher
Publisher : George F Thompson Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781938086021
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Infinite Measure written by Rachel Fletcher and published by George F Thompson Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The desire for harmony is universal among all cultures. In Infinite Measure, we rediscover a fundamental starting point for designers of all ages: the simple act of drawing with a compass and a rule can sensitize the designer to the rich subtleties of spatial harmony, no matter how one ultimately chooses to express it.

Proportion

Author : Richard Padovan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135811113
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Proportion written by Richard Padovan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides the student, practising architect or interested layman with a well-illustrated and readable comparative guide to proportion systems in architecture.

The Modulor

Author : Le Corbusier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780817661885
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book The Modulor written by Le Corbusier and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions

Author : Joseph L. Fleiss
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions written by Joseph L. Fleiss and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1981-04-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to applied probability; Assessing significance in a fourfold table; Determining sample sizes needed to detect a difference between two proportions; How to randomize; Sampling method; The analysis of data from matched samples; The comparison of proportions from several independent samples; Combining evidence from fourfold tables; The effects of misclassification errors; The control of misclassification error; The measurement of interrater agreement; The standardization of rates.

The Secrets of Architectural Composition

Author : Nathaniel Cortland Curtis
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048632074X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Book Synopsis The Secrets of Architectural Composition by : Nathaniel Cortland Curtis

Download or read book The Secrets of Architectural Composition written by Nathaniel Cortland Curtis and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well arranged, logical, and aptly illustrated, this classic survey covers every aspect of the design process. It addresses architectural principles as well as their practical application, examining general questions of scale, balance, proportion, and symmetry and presenting detailed treatments of doors, windows, walls, stairways, columns, and other features. Long acknowledged as a valuable resource for students and teachers alike, this volume is unsurpassed in terms of the richness of its material and the consistency of its insights. It was written by Nathaniel Cortlandt Curtis, an influential designer and artist who served as the head of the Tulane School of Architecture. Curtis illustrated his work with nearly 250 line drawings that depict architectural elements from a splendid variety of periods and settings, from ancient Rome's temples and palaces to modern-day hotels and museums of Paris and New York.

Aristotle's Theory of Bodies

Author : Christian Pfeiffer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191085308
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aristotle's Theory of Bodies written by Christian Pfeiffer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Pfeiffer explores an important, but neglected topic in Aristotle's theoretical philosophy: the theory of bodies. A body is a three-dimensionally extended and continuous magnitude bounded by surfaces. This notion is distinct from the notion of a perceptible or physical substance. Substances have bodies, that is to say, they are extended, their parts are continuous with each other and they have boundaries, which demarcate them from their surroundings. Pfeiffer argues that body, thus understood, has a pivotal role in Aristotle's natural philosophy. A theory of body is a presupposed in, e.g., Aristotle's account of the infinite, place, or action and passion, because their being bodies explains why things have a location or how they can act upon each other. The notion of body can be ranked among the central concepts for natural science which are discussed in Physics III-IV. The book is the first comprehensive and rigorous account of the features substances have in virtue of being bodies. It provides an analysis of the concept of three-dimensional magnitude and related notions like boundary, extension, contact, continuity, often comparing it to modern conceptions of it. Both the structural features and the ontological status of body is discussed. This makes it significant for scholars working on contemporary metaphysics and mereology because the concept of a material object is intimately tied to its spatial or topological properties.

Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism

Author : Rudolf Wittkower
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393005998
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism by : Rudolf Wittkower

Download or read book Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism written by Rudolf Wittkower and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1971 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Kenneth Clark wrote in the Architectural Review, that the first result of this book was "to dispose, once and for all, of the hedonist, or purely aesthetic, theory of Renaissance architecture, ' and this defines Wittkower's intention in a nutshell.

Geometry of Design

Author : Kimberly Elam
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568982496
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Geometry of Design written by Kimberly Elam and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work takes a close look at a broad range of 20th-century examples of design, architecture and illustration, revealing underlying geometric structures in their compositions.

Debussy in Proportion

Author : Roy Howat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521311458
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Debussy in Proportion written by Roy Howat and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis that accounts precisely for the nature of Debussy's musical forms and how forms of different works are related. Geometric systems found here throw new light on Debussy's intense interest in the other arts and provide links with artists he admired in other fields.

Introduction to Architecture

Author : Francis D. K. Ching
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118142063
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Architecture written by Francis D. K. Ching and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the built environment distills the work of legendary author and illustrator Francis D. K. Ching into a single volume Introduction to Architecture presents the essential texts and drawings of Francis D. K. Ching for those new to architecture and design. With his typical highly graphic approach, this is the first introductory text from Ching that surveys the design of spaces, buildings, and cities. In an easy to understand format, readers will explore the histories and theories of architecture, design elements and process, and the technical aspects of the contemporary profession of architecture. The book explains the experience and practice of architecture and allied disciplines for future professionals, while those who love the beauty of architecture drawing will delight in the gorgeous illustrations included. Overview of the issues and practices of architecture in an all-in-one introductory text Includes new chapters and introductory essays by James Eckler, and features more than 1,000 drawings throughout Professor Ching is the bestselling author of numerous books on architecture and design, all published by Wiley; his works have been translated into 16 languages and are regarded as classics for their renowned graphical presentation For those pursuing a career in architecture or anyone who loves architectural design and drawing, Introduction to Architecture presents a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive guide to the subject.

The Curves of Life

Author : Theodore Andrea Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Curves of Life written by Theodore Andrea Cook and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proportional Systems in the History of Architecture

Author : Matthew A. Cohen
Publisher : Leiden University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789087282776
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Proportional Systems in the History of Architecture written by Matthew A. Cohen and published by Leiden University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of original essays, twenty-five leading scholars reconsider the long history of proportional systems across numerous periods and places, and from diverse methodological approaches including archival exploration, advanced laser scanning, and more. Prior to the advent of modern structural engineering, architects and builders used proportional systems to imbue their works with a general condition of order that was integral to their intertwined notions of beauty and structural stability. These mostly invisible intellectual frameworks ranged from simple grids and symbolic numbers, to sly manipulations of geometry and numbers that required privileged knowledge and arithmetical calculations to access. Since the origins of architectural history, proportional systems have served as objects of belief and modes of iconographical communication. Whether they are capable of fulfilling more tangible functions remains a matter of debate today, for this ancient and diverse belief system continues to infiltrate architectural thinking in subtle and sometimes surprising ways.

Dictionary of Global Bioethics

Author : Henk ten Have
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030541614
Total Pages : 1063 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Global Bioethics written by Henk ten Have and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 1063 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary presents a broad range of topics relevant in present-day global bioethics. With more than 500 entries, this dictionary covers organizations working in the field of global bioethics, international documents concerning bioethics, personalities that have played a role in the development of global bioethics, as well as specific topics in the field.The book is not only useful for students and professionals in global health activities, but can also serve as a basic tool that explains relevant ethical notions and terms. The dictionary furthers the ideals of cosmopolitanism: solidarity, equality, respect for difference and concern with what human beings- and specifically patients - have in common, regardless of their backgrounds, hometowns, religions, gender, etc. Global problems such as pandemic diseases, disasters, lack of care and medication, homelessness and displacement call for global responses.This book demonstrates that a moral vision of global health is necessary and it helps to quickly understand the basic ideas of global bioethics.

Bach's Numbers

Author : Ruth Tatlow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107088607
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Bach's Numbers written by Ruth Tatlow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth century the universal harmony of God's creation and the perfection of the unity (1:1) were philosophically, morally and devotionally significant. Ruth Tatlow employs theoretical evidence and practical demonstrations to explain how and why Bach used numbers in his published compositions.