Renaissance Architectural Theories
Renaissance Architectural Theories The development of architectural theory used by architects during the Renaissance believed that their buildings should be part of a higher order. They returned to the Greek system of mathematical proportions so that the notion of architecture emerged as mathematics which was translated into units of space. The development of Renaissance theories mostly refers to the philosophy made by Plato, Pythagoras and Aristotle. Plato's theory saw that natural beauty emerged through the existence of lines, circles, and surfaces that produced absolute geometric shapes and volumes. The Pythagorean theory is the basis for the development of comparative ratios form the basis for architectural proportions by trying mathematical calculations to form an aesthetic. Aristotle's theory put forward the theory of space as a place and its limitations The cosmos which then developed until the emergence of the concept of "Cartesian space". This theory states ...