Columnar Entasis in Vignola’s and other Renaissance Works

Autor: Grúňová Zuzana, Holešová Michaela
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 132-137 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1336-5835
2199-6512
DOI: 10.2478/cee-2018-0017
Popis: Entasis, upward curvature, columnar inclination and several other manipulations or deviations from the strict geometrical rules were known in Ancient Greece and Rome and some of them - entasis could be taken as example - were used up to the beginning of the 20th century in eclectic and historicizing architecture. The article mentions historical texts about entasis from Vitruvius up to Renaissance works. Mainly Vignola’s description of proper and elegant way of how to construct columnar entasis curve of the Tuscan and Doric order columns is discussed in detail and expressed mathematically.
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