Image and spatial meaning of the octagon in architecture

• Autorzy: Càndito Cristina

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.36176/96.PTGiGI.2019.32.3.01

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ośmiokąt w architekturze na przestrzeni wieków

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this article, we investigated on the interest shown by architecture in a regular polygon: the octagon, which represents a mediation between the square and the circle. In order to investigate the image and the spatial meaning of the regular octagon in architecture, we compared monuments from different historical periods as Ancient Roman buildings, Christian baptisteries, Islamic architectures and decorations, Renaissance central plans and Baroque fountains.

PL

W artykule analizowano znaczenie w architekturze ośmiokąta foremnego jako wielokąta pośredniego między kwadratem a okręgiem. W tym celu porównano zabytki z różnych okresów historycznych, takie jak starożytne rzymskie budowle, chrześcijańskie chrzcielnice, islamskie architektury i dekoracje, renesansowe centralne plany i barokowe fontanny.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

geometry; architecture; decoration; octagon

PL

geometria; architektura; dekoracja; oktagon

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Geometrii i Grafiki Inżynierskiej
• Czasopismo: Journal Biuletyn of Polish Society for Geometry and Engineering Graphics
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 32
• Strony: 39--44
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Càndito Cristina

• Department Architecture and Design, University of Genoa Stradone Sant’Agostino, 37, Genova (Italy) 16123

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).