Sunday, October 30, 2016
Scale and Proportion of the Parthenon
  The Parthenon in Athens, Greece, is  non  except one of the most  illustrious examples of classical architecture, but  likewise illustrates the application of the Golden  region in its  figure. And since the Parthenon is so  immense in scale, it is  correspondt to serve as a monument to the  staring(a) goddess Athena. The structure was built by the ancient Greeks from 447 to 438 BC, but it was not until around 300 BC that the Greek first attested their knowledge of the Golden  portion when it was written in a historical document by Euclid called Elements. The Golden  role is a proportional ratio of 1:1.618, which occurs in many  innate objects. Within Euclids Elements it  basically states that a straight  pipeline is said to have been  arc in extreme and mean ratio when, as the  wholly line is to the greater segment, so is the greater to the less.\nThere  atomic number 18 a few insights into figuring out whether the Golden Section was  employ in the design and construction of the Par   thenon. First off, the Parthenon was constructed  apply very few  fit lines to make it aesthetically pleasing. Also,  alas the Parthenon is now in ruins, which makes its  headmaster features and height subject to  banter since it cant be measured exactly. In addition,  nevertheless if the Golden Section wasnt  utilise on  occasion in the Parthenons design, it  pacify may be  correspond nonetheless since it occurs in the  essential world and because of this there is a human influence of what we  construe to look appealing. And finally, from photos of the Parthenon which are used for the analysis, this often introduces an element of  torture because of first of all the  burden from which the images are taken or the quality of the camera used to take the pictures.\nThe Parthenon also applies the  idealized rules of proportion for the human  trunk to its design, by being an architectural wonder within itself  bandage also standing as a moment to the goddess Athena. The Greek...   
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