Week 4 Responses

Week 4 Response

This image relates to architectural ideals of its related period, the Renaissance, due to the composition having representation of significant artists and scientists. Both the arts and the sciences defined the Renaissance, especially with the idea of architecture being a science of mathematical ratios and proportion. Examples of extreme focus on ratio and proportion include the work of The Vitruvian Man. The symmetry and elegance of the arches and clouds in the background also are an example of eurythmia, which emerged from the Renaissance. Eurythmia is harmony and beauty created from proportion.

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