Architecture is a purely human creation. But since man is a product of nature, architecture will be a kind of logarithm of nature.
Greek theatres
1. In the theatres of the Greeks, these same rules of construction are not to be followed in all respects. First, in the circle at the bottom where the Roman has four triangles, the Greek has three squares with their angles touching the line of circumference. The square whose side is nearest to the "scaena," and cuts off a segment of the
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The mathematicians, however, maintaining a different view, have said that the perfect number is six, because this number is composed of integral parts which are suited numerically to their method of reckoning: thus, one is one sixth; two is one third; three is one half; four is two thirds, or δἱμοιρος as they call it; five is five sixths, called πεντἁμοιρος; and six is the perfect number. As the number goes on growing larger, the addition of a unit above six is the ἑφεκτος; eight, formed by the addition of a third part of six, is the integer and a third, called ἑπἱτριτος; the addition of one half makes nine, the integer and a half, termed ἡμιὁλιος; the addition of two thirds, making the number ten, is the integer and two thirds, which they call ἑπιδἱμοιρος; in the number eleven, where five are added, we have the five sixths, called ἑπἱπεμπτος; finally, twelve, being composed of the two simple integers, is called διπλἁσιος
There are three departments of architecture: the art of building, the making of timepieces, and the construction of machinery.
Building is, in its turn, divided into two parts, of which the first is the construction of fortified towns and of works for general use in public places, and the second is the putting up of structures for private individuals. There are three classes of public buildings: the first for defensive, the second for religious, and the third for utilitarian purposes.
Perspective
Perspective is the method of sketching a front with the sides withdrawing into the background, the lines all meeting in the centre of a circle. All three come of reflexion and invention. Reflexion is careful and laborious thought, and watchful attention directed to the agreeable effect of one's plan. Invention, on the other hand, is the solving of intricate problems and the discovery of new principles by means of brilliancy and versatility. These are the departments belonging under Arrangement.
Keating listened (Prescott's speech about architecture) in thick contentment. He glanced at the others. There was an attentive silence in the audience; they all liked it as he liked it. He saw a boy chewing gum, a man cleaning his fingernails with the corner of a match folder, a youth stretched out loutishly. That, too, pleased Keating; it was as if they said: We are glad to listen to the sublime, but it's not necessary to be too damn reverent about the sublime.
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'Form follows function' "Biçim işlevi izler". Horatio Greenough (Amerikalı heykeltraş) işlevselci mimarlığın bu en uzun ömürlü sloganı,günümüzde karşıtını da doğurmuştur. Fakat daha 1920'de Le Corbusier Vers une Architecture adlı kitabında "Mimarlık sadece fayda gütmenin ötesindedir. Mimarlık plastik bir olgudur... " diyordu.
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V.Scamozzi, l'idea dell'Architettura Universale
"Dünyanın erken çağlarında barınma gereğiyle, daha sonra konfor ve malları korumak için yapılar yapıldı. Mısır hükümdarları hazinelerini saklamak için yapılar yaptırırken, diğerleri, Asurlular ve Yunanlıların çoğunluğu gösteriş için, Romalılar ise zevk duydukları ve geleceğe övünülecek bir anı bırakmak için inşaat yaptılar. "
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