Ancient architecture and mathematics: methodology and the doric temple

Mark  Wilson Jones

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Ancient architecture and mathematics: methodology and the doric temple

Mark Wilson Jones

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

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For researchers into mathematical aspects of architectural design a multi-faceted subject often referred to by the umbrella–term proportion it can be disconcerting how little weight is given to this field by some authorities on general architectural history. Sir John Summerson, for example, the author of the evergreen Classical Language of Architecture, impatiently dismissed most past thinking about proportion as “a vast amount of pretentious nonsense” (Summerson 1980: 8).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future:
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 1: Antiquity to the 1500s
Editors	K. Williams, M. Ostwald
Place of Publication	London, U. K.
Publisher	Birkhäuser
Pages	271-295
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	9783319001364
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00137-1_19
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2015

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