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The design method of Andrea Palladio, the famous Renaissance architect, has yet to be discovered. Although the room dimensions given in his woodcuts are the only data that can be used for this purpose, performing calculations around them... more
The design method of Andrea Palladio, the famous Renaissance architect, has yet to be discovered. Although the room dimensions given in his woodcuts are the only data that can be used for this purpose, performing calculations around them only cannot produce any valuable outcome. Instead, to discover Palladio's method, one must focus on the process of the construction, of how workers would have laid out the building.
'Golden shapes' are the square, the golden rectangle, and the simple shapes made from these two. For several Palladian buildings, the golden shapes around which they were designed are exposed. This can be considered as evidence that... more
'Golden shapes' are the square, the golden rectangle, and the simple shapes made from these two. For several Palladian buildings, the golden shapes around which they were designed are exposed. This can be considered as evidence that Palladio designed his buildings as complete units, and not on a room-by-room basis.