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WHERE PROPORTIONS ENTER THE METHOD THE ARCHITECT FOLLOWS IN DESIGNING A BUILDING
The architect extracts proportion from Nature, from God, and from diligent study. Proportion is not merely a set of quantitative numbers; rather, it is the qualitative relationship between the colloca… more →
Crystal V. Olin
Florence, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
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janemaripose wrote 2 months ago: Articles Index: Florence Hotels, Piazza SS. Annunziata, The Ospedale degli Innocenti The Basilica de … more →
WHERE PROPORTIONS ENTER THE METHOD THE ARCHITECT FOLLOWS IN DESIGNING A BUILDING
cvodesign wrote 6 months ago: The architect extracts proportion from Nature, from God, and from diligent study. Proportion is not … more →
THE NATURE-TO-CULTURE TOPOS
cvodesign wrote 6 months ago: Man finds in Nature that which is useful and uses his rational method of art, or artifice, to make i … more →
Poliphilo
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I, Enoch wrote 9 months ago: All images from MIT Press’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili e-book pages, including electronic suppl … more →
Can we trust Wikipedia?
bonaelitterae wrote 1 year ago: The wickedness of Wikipedia is a common theme — the worry that students garner their informati … more →
