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Palladio’s Villa Emo: The Golden Proportion Hypothesis Rebutted
Abstract. In a most thoughtful and persuasive paper Rachel Fletcher comes close to convincing that Palladio may well have made use of the ‘golden section’, or extreme and mean ratio, in the design of the Villa Emo at Fanzolo. What is surprising is that a visually gratifying result is so very wrong when tested by the numbers. Lionel March provides an arithmetic analysis of the dimensions provided by Palladio in the Quattro libri to reach new conclusions about Palladio’s design process.
Not all that tempts your wand’ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters, gold (Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat)
Palladio’s Villa Emo: The Golden Proportion Hypothesis Rebutted
Abstract. In a most thoughtful and persuasive paper Rachel Fletcher comes close to convincing that Palladio may well have made use of the ‘golden section’, or extreme and mean ratio, in the design of the Villa Emo at Fanzolo. What is surprising is that a visually gratifying result is so very wrong when tested by the numbers. Lionel March provides an arithmetic analysis of the dimensions provided by Palladio in the Quattro libri to reach new conclusions about Palladio’s design process.
Not all that tempts your wand’ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters, gold (Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat)
Palladio’s Villa Emo: The Golden Proportion Hypothesis Rebutted
March, Lionel (author)
Nexus Network Journal ; 3 ; 85-104
2001-09-01
20 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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