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<p>The author attempts to answer the questions, what is beauty in architecture and how the canon of beauty has changed in view of extending the possibilities of geometric control and the development of digital technology. The basis of classical beauty was the aesthetics of forms based on the belief that there was an objective beauty that the ancients understood mathematically. Using the achievements of predecessors gives us the opportunity to develop their thoughts using the principles originally laid the base for further research, or to widen the field of the methods used.</p>
<p>The modern science of beauty studies forms that come from nature. Studying the laws governing these shapes and proportions, we encounter the mathematical and geometric conditions in which Pythagoras and Plato found the secret of beauty. The subject of the article is to formulate the problem of searching for and creatively shaping an architectural form in a complex relationship to the generally understood nature through a research analysis of the theoretical foundations of the concept of classical beauty from a philosophical, artistic, mathematical and social point of view. The analysis of this issue shows nature as the main instrument in shaping the pattern of perfection and beauty to the present times.</p>
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The author attempts to answer the questions, what is beauty in architecture and how the canon of beauty has changed in view of extending the possibilities of geometric control and the development of digital technology. The basis of classical beauty was the aesthetics of forms based on the belief that there was an objective beauty that the ancients understood mathematically. Using the achievements of predecessors gives us the opportunity to develop their thoughts using the principles originally laid the base for further research, or to widen the field of the methods used.
The modern science of beauty studies forms that come from nature. Studying the laws governing these shapes and proportions, we encounter the mathematical and geometric conditions in which Pythagoras and Plato found the secret of beauty. The subject of the article is to formulate the problem of searching for and creatively shaping an architectural form in a complex relationship to the generally understood nature through a research analysis of the theoretical foundations of the concept of classical beauty from a philosophical, artistic, mathematical and social point of view. The analysis of this issue shows nature as the main instrument in shaping the pattern of perfection and beauty to the present times.

Beauty of Nature’s Forms in Classic Approach in Modern Architecture

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The author attempts to answer the questions, what is beauty in architecture and how the canon of beauty has changed in view of extending the possibilities of...

Beauty of Nature’s Forms in Classic Approach in Modern Architecture

Published Online: Apr 13, 2024

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24427/aea-2023-vol15-06

Keywords
digital architecture, geometry, beauty in architecture, nature, bionics

© 2023 Marta Gołębiowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Beauty of Nature’s Forms in Classic Approach in Modern Architecture

Published Online: Apr 13, 2024

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24427/aea-2023-vol15-06

Keywordsdigital architecture, geometry, beauty in architecture, nature, bionics

© 2023 Marta Gołębiowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
digital architecture, geometry, beauty in architecture, nature, bionics