Arquitetura, urbanismo, cultura : proporção, des-harmonias e identidades = Architecture, urbanism, culture : proportion, dis-harmonies and identities / editor coordenador/editor coordinator, Mário S. Ming Kong; editores/editors, Jorge Firmino Nunes [and 5 others].
"Number, dimension, geometric constructions, and the relationship between dimensions, proportion, are expressions of harmony and rhythm and considered a source of beauty in things of nature, like crystals, plants and animals, but also in human artifacts, as buildings and art in general. This is...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Portuguese English |
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Lisbon :
Archi&Book's,
2015.
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| Summary: | "Number, dimension, geometric constructions, and the relationship between dimensions, proportion, are expressions of harmony and rhythm and considered a source of beauty in things of nature, like crystals, plants and animals, but also in human artifacts, as buildings and art in general. This is an old idea, which corresponds to the Pythagorean notion that the world is a harmonious mathematical creation and that in order to attend such harmony, the things we do have to obey the same mathematical laws. Proportion (dis)harmonies and identities, aims to promote awareness and reflection on the importance of this issue with the dissemination of researches of various fields of knowledge."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of the conference held at the Museu Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal, March 19-21, 2015. 500 copies printed. |
| Physical Description: | 321 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9899726508 9789899726505 |