Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Chapter 6- Proportion and Scale



Renaissance Theories

The theories of the Renaissance architects was simular to that of the Greeks and Romans. They all believed that their architectural proportion had to follow a numeric formula.

One such architect was Andrea Palladio. The images above show how his architecture consisted of five parts.

Image From:
http://www.palladiomoderno.com/andrea-palladio-en/le_opere.asp

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