The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and ArchitectureOne of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature--the designs revealed by slicing through a head of cabbage or an orange, the forms of shells and butterfly wings. These images are awesome not just for their beauty alone, but because they suggest an order underlying their growth, a harmony existing in nature. What does it mean that such an order exists; how far does it extend? |
Contents
Dinergy in the Crafts | 14 |
Timeless Patterns of Sharing | 29 |
The Anatomy of Sharing | 53 |
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The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture György Doczi No preview available - 1981 |
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allosaurus Architecture arts of living basic pattern-forming processes basic proportional body bone Borobudur Buddha century B.C. circles corresponding cubits daisy dance diagonals diapason diapente diapente-fifth diatessaron dinergic diversities elevation equivalents of musical fifth fifth-diapente figure flower fourth-diatessaron girth golden proportions golden relationships golden section golden section point golden section's proportions graph Greek harmonies of music harmonious proportions harmonograph height illustrate Jay Hambidge Katsura Imperial Villa leaf length lines logarithmic spirals Mandala Mandala pattern Museum musical harmonies musical root harmonies mydas fly nature numbers octave organic growth outlines overall shape pentagram power of limits prehistoric proportional limitations Proportional numbers proportional relationships Pyramid Pythagorean triangle ratio reciprocal golden rectangles reconstruction relations of neighbors reveal rhythmic rhythms sacrum Sarsen Seattle shared proportional limitations shows single golden rectangle skate square Stonehenge structure sunflower symbol tatami tatami mats unity vertebrae Visual equivalents Vitruvius wave diagrams whole wing width wisdom York Ziggurat