The Gothic Form, part II, The Crusader Bible

The Gothic Form, part II, The Crusader Bible

In the Iconographic tradition a gold background represents the heavenly realm but that is not always the case in the Gothic form. Backgrounds of different colors are used to show a change of scene or to differentiate states of being.

A Description of the Theory of Harmony and Proportion in Renaissance Architecture

A Description of the Theory of Harmony and Proportion in Renaissance Architecture

Rudolph Wittkower (1901-1971) contrasts the approach of architects from the High Renaissance period, who relied largely on musical theory for their mathematics, with those of the ancient Greek and the medieval period, who used geometric constructions based upon the triangle, the square, and the pentagon.