Geometric Harmony Books and/or Web Sites?
PR
which talk about geometric harmony in art
and design.
I've found tons of stuff about color harmony,
but not much on geometric harmony.
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Owen F. Ransen
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Marcus Williamson
PR
<mar...@myrealbox.com> wrote:
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>Take a look at books by John Michell:
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>http://www.thehope.org/jmichell.htm
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>regards
>Marcus
Thanks, I will, I was beginning to give up hope....
PR
<mar...@myrealbox.com> wrote:
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>Take a look at books by John Michell:
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>http://www.thehope.org/jmichell.htm
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>regards
>Marcus
Ah. Um. Not exactly what I was thinking of, in the end.
" Science of Enchanting the Landscape (1991), explains that
throughout the history of civilization and the landscapes of
the world the twelve tribe divisions of peoples and the
alignment of holy places are depictions of an ideal social
order in harmony with nature and the zodiac"
I was thinking more of the golden section, Palladio and so on....
CAROLINE HACK
Try typing Platonic Solids into your search engine and having a root around
some of the sites. I'd be more specific but I can't find the stuff I looked
at last year - and the site addresses have probably changed.
Besides the looking is half the fun!
Caroline
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Sharon Barcone
golden section and a bit technical at times but interesting read. I got my
copy from Dover Books.
sharon
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PR
<sha...@usadatanet.net> wrote:
>Check out "The Geometry of Art and Life" by Matila Ghyka. It is heavy on
>golden section and a bit technical at times but interesting read. I got my
>copy from Dover Books.
>
>sharon
Hi Sharon!
Thanks for that tip. :)
Owen
PR
<nos...@carolinehack.com> wrote:
>Owen
>
>Try typing Platonic Solids into your search engine and having a root around
>some of the sites. I'd be more specific but I can't find the stuff I looked
>at last year - and the site addresses have probably changed.
>
>Besides the looking is half the fun!
>
>Caroline
That's a good idea. I'm more interested in 2D but maybe that
will lead me on to other connections. I could also type
"Palladio" I suppose. He had some weird ideas! ;)
PR
<sha...@usadatanet.net> wrote:
>Check out "The Geometry of Art and Life" by Matila Ghyka.
>sharon
The blurb shows its just what I am looking for:
Beginning with ideas from Plato, Pythagoras,
Archimedes, Ockham, Kepler, and others,
the author explores the outlines of an abstract science
of space, which includes a theory of
proportions, an examination of the "golden section," a
study of regular and semi-regular
polyhedra, and the interlinking of these various shapes
and forms. He then traces the
transmission of this spatial science through the
Pythagorean tradition and
neo-Pythagoreanism, Greek and Gothic canons of proportion, the
Kabbala, Masonic traditions and
symbols, and modern applications in architecture, painting and
decorative art. The ample illustrations
and figures give concrete examples of the author's analysis: the
Great Pyramid and tomb of Ramses
IV, the Partheon, Renaissance paintings and architecture, the work
of Seurat, Le Corbusier, and
flowers, shells, marine life, the human face, and much more.
(Dover,1977)
And I also found:
The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and
Architecture
Gyorgy Doczi (1981) 150pages
This book searches for some of the basic
pattern-forming processes that,
operating within strict limits, create
limitless varieties of shapes and
harmonies. It is an interdisciplinary
venture into the no-man's-land between
the borders of science, art, philosophy, and religion.../ In all
realms of our experience, we are finding
the need to rediscover proper proportions. The proportions of
nature, art, and architecture can help us
in this effort, for these proportions are shared limitations that
create harmonious relationships out of
differences. Thus they teach us that limitations are not just
restrictive, but they also are creative. / It is
not an accident that an architect should be writing such a book,
for it is the business of architects to
work with proportions. This architect is old. It took him a
lifetime to attempt to answer the questions he
asked as a child. These answers may not satisfied the experts, and
they won't still the curiosity of a
single child, but they might lead to further, perhaps more
fruitful questions about the puzzles and
beauties hidden in the patterns and proportions of this world. -
from the author's Preface ( Shambhala)