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Author Bulckens, Anne

Title The Parthenon's main design proportion and its meaning / by Anne Bulckens
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1999

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Description xii, 269 leaves : illustrations, plans ; 30 cm
Summary Defines the geometrical proportion that was used to design the Classical Parthenon of Athens. Through the exploration of Pythagorean theories, the symbolism of the numbers 4, 6, and 9, which make up the temple's geometrical proportion, is unraveled in order to reveal the meaning of the temple's design
Notes Submitted to the School of Architecture and Building of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 1999
Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 251-261
Subject Parthenon (Athens, Greece) -- Design and construction.
SUBJECT Athens (Greece) -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009115476
Genre/Form Academic theses.
Author Deakin University. Faculty of Science and Technology.
Deakin University. School of Architecture and Building