 Leon Battista Alberti Alberti, Leon Battista and the Art of BuildingSalvatore di Pasquale
Chapter Chapter 44 in Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, 2015, pp 663-673 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Alberti expressed the concept that the design is fixed in the mind that elaborates it; its form is invariable because it is independent from the material in which it is to be realized. In actual practice, of course, things are not exactly as Alberti presents them, because forms are determined by numbers and dimensions; one cannot simply ignore the importance of the factor of the weight, except perhaps during the initial formulation of the problem, and only then as long as the scale of the model is not too small with respect to the object to be realized. On the other hand, it is very probable that Alberti was codifying a design practice used in medieval workshops where models, due to their particular architectonic forms, were used to resolve problems of stability, if not of strength. As we shall see in this paper, the model of Brunelleschi's design for the Florentine cupola appears to have served this purpose. Keywords: Bell Tower; Wooden Bridge; Roman Structure; Roman Temple; Incline Force (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_44 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00137-1_44 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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