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It seems somewhat important to me to know if something was done because it looked pretty, was random or because there was an intent to reflect maths, science, p
by blitzar 3mo ago
It seems somewhat important to me to know if something was done because it looked pretty, was random or because there was an intent to reflect maths, science, planetary alignment etc.
- rramadass 3mo agoMathematics and Art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_and_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_and_art Wikipedia on "Sagrada Família" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia (see "Geometric Details" section). Gaudí used hyperboloid structures in later designs for Sagrada Família (more obviously after 1914). However, there are a few places on the nativity façade—a design not equated with Gaudí's ruled-surface design—where the hyperboloid appears.
- lo_zamoyski 3mo agoWhatever one might say about method, epistemically speaking, the aesthetic is prior to the mathematical. The mathematical is found in the analysis of the beautiful.
- hammock 3mo agoTruth, beauty and goodness are known as the “transcendentals” for a reason. They are linked. They don’t come one after the other.