- Title :
-
Nexus IV : architecture and mathematics
- Authors :
- MARCH, Lionel ; PEREZ-GOMEZ, Alberto ; TAVENOR, Robert ; ZENNER, Marie-Thérèse ; FLEMING, Steven ; HANDA, Rumiko ; HATCH, John G. ; PADOVAN, Richard ; PONT, GRAHAM, PONT ; PROUDFOOT, Peter ; SCIBILIA, Anthony ; SWANSON, Randy ; XAVIER, Joo Pedro ;
- Editor :
- RODRIGUES, José Francisco ; WILLIAMS, Kim ;
- Publication year :
-
2002
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Presents the published papers from the international conference Nexus 2002: relationships between architecture and mathematics (¡bidos, 15-18 June 2002) on ancient-20th-c. architecture and the application of mathematics and geometry to architectural design. Essays include: 'Mathematics and architecture since 1960,' by Lionel March; 'Architecture as verb and the ethics of making,' by Alberto Pérez-Goméz; 'Measure, metre, irony: reuniting pure mathematics with architecture,' by Robert Tavenor; 'Structural stability and the mathematics of motion in medieval architecture,' by Marie-Thérèse Zenner; 'Louis Kahn's Platonic approach to number and geometry,' by Steven Fleming; 'Coelum Britannicum: Inigo Jones and symbolic geometry,' by Rumiko Handa; 'The science behind Francesco Borromini's divine geometry,' by John G. Hatch; 'Dom Hans Van der Laan and the plastic number,' by Richard Padovan; 'From cosmic city to esoteric cinema: Pythagorean mathematics and design in Australia,' by Graham Pont and Peter Proudfoot; 'Perspective before perspective: the spaces of medieval architecture,' by Anthony Scibilia; 'Practical and theoretical applications of geometry at Claude Perrault's Observatoire de Paris, 1667-1672,' by Randy Swanson; and 'Antonio Rodrigues, a Portuguese architect with a scientific inclination,' by Joo Pedro Xavier. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 268 ; 268 p.; ill.; diagrams; plans ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Architecture ; Australie ; Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667 ; Congrès ; Design ; Etats-Unis ; Grande-Bretagne ; Géométrie ; Iconographie ; Italie ; Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 ; Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974 ; Laan, Hans van der, 1905-1991 ; Mathématiques ; Mesure ; Observatoire ; Pays-Bas ; Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688 ; Perspective ; Portugal ; Rodrigues, Antonio, act.1565, m.av.1590 ; ¡bidos (PRT) ; Symbolique des nombres ; Symbolisme ;
- Descriptors :
- Architecture ; Australia ; Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667 ; Conferences ; Design ; Geometry ; Great Britain ; Iconography ; Italy ; Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 ; Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974 ; Laan, Hans van der, 1905-1991 ; Mathematics ; Measurement ; Netherlands ; Number symbolism ; Observatories ; Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688 ; Perspective ; Portugal ; Rodrigues, Antonio, act.1565, d. before 1590 ; ¡bidos (PRT) ; Symbolism ; United States ;
- Document type :
- Ouvrage ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24876107 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 8888479090 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
KWB K. Williams Books, Fucecchio
- Publisher country :
- ITALY ;