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Measuring up to Michelangelo: A Methodology

In: Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future

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  • Paul A. Calter

    (Vermont Technical College)

  • Kim Williams

    (Kim Williams Books)

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This paper reports on a survey of an architectural element in Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library. The element is the portal that exits the reading room and leads into the vestibule. The information obtained is significant as the information in terms of what it reveals about Michelangelo’s use of a proportional system. The dimensions of the portal make it possible to break its composition down into a series of rectangles with sides in rations 1:2, 2:3, and 1:4. The present paper also concentrates on a methodology of obtaining data, organizing it, and estimating its uncertainty. The intent is to begin to provide information that may help establish standards relating to these tasks.

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  • Paul A. Calter & Kim Williams, 2015. "Measuring up to Michelangelo: A Methodology," Springer Books, in: Kim Williams & Michael J. Ostwald (ed.), Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 151-164, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-00143-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00143-2_10
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