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When Rudolph Wittkower's Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism was published fifty years ago, proportion was one of the central issues in architectural debate. Since then it has fallen out of favour to the extent that it no longer has a place on most architectural syllabuses and the subject is surrounded by an aura of mystery. This original new book starts by asking the question: how did this come about? Richard Padovan starts Proportion by responding to the theories of Wittkower and explaining the theories of 'abstraction' and 'empathy'. He moves on to an orginal interpretation and exposition of the mathematics of proportion. The main body of the text traces the interplay of abstraction and empathy though the history of science, philosophy and architecture from the early Greeks through to the two early twentieth-century architects who made proportion the focus of their work: Le Corbusier and Van der Laan. The book includes new proportional analysis of key buildings. Finally, the author reflects on the present and future role of proportion in architecture.

Table of Contents:
The Harmony of the World Made Manifest in Form and Number. Abstraction and Empathy. Unit and Multiplier. The House as Model for the Universe. The Proportions of the Parthenon. Plato: Order Out of Chaos. Aristotle: Change, Continuity and the Unit. Euclid: The Golden Section and the Five Regular solids. Vitruvius. Gothis Proportions. Renaissance Artchitecture. Renaissance Cosmology. The World as a Machine. Turning from the Outer to the Inner World. The Golden Section and the Golden Module. Knowing by Not Knowing. Where Do We Go From Here?

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'A highly concise guide to the meaning of proportional systems from Plato to modern times...Padovan has much to offer all architects, not only in respect of what they design, but also of how they see the world as a whole.' - Architectural Review 'There is much to enjoy in this book, most particularly the comprehensive and accessible account which is given of the philosophy, mathematics and practical application of the use of mathematical proportion during the various ages of classicism.' - The Journal of Architecture '...rich, clear and memorable...Padovan takes us on a fascinating journey through Western Civilisation, from Pythagoras onwards to today, to meet the scientists, philosophers and architects - not forgetting the historians and commentators - who have contributed to mankind's beliefs about proportional ordering.' - Architects Journal 'Padovan presents an eminently readable review of the entire literature of philosophy and geometry as it relates to architecture.' - Architectural Science Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780419227809
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Spon Press
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 402
  • Weight: 770 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0419227806
  • Publisher Date: 09 Sep 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Science, Philosophy, Architecture
  • Width: 189 mm


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