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Gothic Canons of Architecture
03/1945 | 504 | 86
Pages: 73-76
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Author:
Ghyka, Matila (Ghyka, Matila)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1349
sources:
Vitruvius
subjects:
Architecture / Gothic (Medieval) / Sources / Manuscripts / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Harmony
subjects:
Geometry / Golden section
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Fig. 1. Icosahedron Designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
Attributed works:
Fig. 2. Dodecahedron Designed by Leonardo da Vinci.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 3. Diagram showing the dominance of the golden section theme in the pentagon and pentagram.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 4. Diagram showing the dominance of the Golden Section theme in the pentagon and pentagram.
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Fig. 5. Diagram showing the dominance of the Golden Section in the decagon and star-decagon.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 6. Gothic Master Diagram
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 7. Typical Gothic cathedral plan issued from the Master Diagram.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 8. Typical Gothic cathedral plan issued from the Master Diagram.