| Description |
viii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Hispanic versus European architectural principles -- The grid and its role in Islamic design-by-geometry -- A graphic analysis of the geometric procedures generating the "Arabic interlace" -- The installation of Islamic architectural design-by-geometry in Spain -- The "secret" of the Hispanic masons : the inscribed Pythagorean-triangle motif -- The evidence for "inscribed figures" in architectural design -- The physical execution of the Hispanic facade : "design-by-string" -- The evidence for Pythagorean triangulation in the design of Tepotzotlán -- Other Christian examples of Hispanic design-by-Pythagorean-triangulation -- The graphic evidence for "regulating line-patterns" with Pythagorean triangulation in Hispanic architecture -- Juan de Herrera and the evidence for Pythagorean triangulation in the Escorial -- Ocotlán : another Mexican example of "design-by-triangulation-and-string" -- The historical evidence for "design-by-string" and with grids -- The non-visual, or textual evidence for Hispanic "design-by-triangulation-and-string" -- Vitruvius : theoretician-or artificer? -- Diego López de Arenas : the written evidence for a standard application of Pythagorean design-modules by Hispanic builders and craftsmen -- Fray Miguel de San Andréas : more written evidence for a standard application of Pythagorean design-modules by Hispanic builders and craftsmen -- A sixteenth-century "Mexican mosque" -- Some triangular conclusions |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc.
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Architecture -- Latin America.
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Architecture, Colonial -- Latin America -- Mudéjar influences.
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Building -- Technique.
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| LC no. |
2004002928 |
| ISBN |
0786418060 paperback |
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