 Contra Divinam ProportionemMarco Frascari and
Livio G. Volpi Ghirardini ()
Chapter Chapter 41 in Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, 2015, pp 619-626 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Are architectural proportions metric, numeric, geometric or golden? Which ones among the many in a building are the markers that should be considered reference points for the proportioning of its parts? A golden or divine magnifying glass that distorts rather than clarifies has been applied to everything in the name of aesthetic and mystical impulses. A proportion called the Golden Mean has long been the only explanation for a successive melange of proportions in all the visual arts. This Golden Mean (also called the Divine Proportion) has been found repeatedly in the pictures of growth patterns embodied in natural events or in the pictures of human products. Since the last century it has so fascinated mathematicians and artists that is proposed by many as the absolute aesthetic value. Here the falsity behind many of the claims for the use of the Golden Mean is revealed. Keywords: Golden Section; Golden Number; Central Room; Divine Proportion; Gold Piece (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-00137-1_41 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00137-1_41 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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