Nexus Network Journal 10,2 Architecture and Mathematics /

This volume features a collection of papers dedicated to "Canons of Form-Making", in honor of the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Theorist as well as practitioner, Palladio's architecture was based on well-defined canons that he had gleaned fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Williams, Kim (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Nexus Network Journal, 10,2
Temas:
Architecture.
Buildings.
Mathematics.
Building Types and Functions.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Letter from the Editors
  • Letter from the Editors
  • Canons of Form-Making
  • Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)
  • Palladio, Pythagoreanism and Renaissance Mathematics
  • A Formal Language for Palladian Palazzo Façades Represented by a String Recognition Device
  • A Perspective Analysis of the Proportions of Palladio's Villa Rotonda: Making the Invisible Visible
  • The Doric Order as a Fractal
  • Roaming Point Perspective: A Dynamic Interpretation of the Visual Refinements of the Greek Doric Temple
  • The Turkish Baths in Elbasan: Architecture, Geometry and Wellbeing
  • Mathematics as the Vital Force of Architecture
  • Didactics
  • The Use of Linear Fractional Transformations to Produce Building Plans
  • Geometer's Angle
  • Dynamic Root Rectangles Part Three: Root-Three Rectangles, Palladian Applications
  • Book Reviews
  • Branko Mitrovié and Stephen R. Wassell (eds.) Andrea Palladio: The Villa Cornaro in Piombino Dese
  • Deborah Howard and Laura Moretti (eds.) Architettura e Musica nella Venezia del Rinascimento.

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